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Vol. 26
THURSDAY, May 5, 2022
New owners for Wheatsheaf Hotel
After being shut for a few years, the doors at the Wheatsheaf Hotel at East Greenmount should be swinging open soon under the new ownership of Edwin and Madeline Cooke.
The previous licensee, Greg Smith, closed the hotel around the middle of 2018 and has been living a quieter life in the premises since that time. The new owner of the building, Edwin Cooke, who is Toowoomba-based and has been involved in the local area for 20 years, said he and his wife have had their eyes on the property for a couple of years. Buying a hotel is a new venture for the Cookes, who are involved with various businesses, including cattle grazing in Central Queensland. The Wheatsheaf was sold on March 24 for $450,000, with the settlement finalising last Tuesday. The hotel itself an historic two-storey timber building with a bar, dining room, kitchen, office and store on the ground floor and five bedrooms, owners/managers residence, a lounge/tea making room and front verandah upstairs. Outside, there is a separate drive-in bottle shop and beer
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garden, as well as a bit of land, as the property is just over a hectare, or three acres, in size. The building itself is believed to be about 105 years old. The site has been occupied by an hotel since the 1880s. The first building burnt down and the current hotel was moved from Greenmount in 1935. Continued on page 8