REGATTA HOTEL REMEMBERS WOMEN CHAINED TO THE PUBLIC BAR
As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, Brisbane’s Regatta Hotel – site of the famous protest against laws prohibiting women drinking in pubs – is today hosting a Grand Ladies Luncheon. 50 years ago, on 31 March 1965, Merle Thornton and Rosalie Bogner chained themselves to the foot rail of the Regatta, aiming to […]
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