Rosebery Heritage Centre

19/09/2026

Renison Pub

19/09/2026

19/09/2026

"The Five-Mile, North Dundas, West Coast, showing the Madame Melba Hotel, on the right, and Store, destroyed by fire on November 2, 1903"
Tasmanian Mail

The Madame Melba Hotel (also frequently referred to as the Dame Nellie Melba Hotel) was a boom-era establishment located at Five-Mile, a key settlement and stop along the historic North East Dundas Tramway in Western Tasmania.

Key Historical Highlights
• Name & Cultural Connection: The hotel was named in honour of Australia’s world-famous opera soprano, Dame Nellie Melba, who left a distinct impression on the West Coast mining communities. (Other geographical features nearby, such as Melba Flats and Melba Creek, also bear her name).

• The Location: It sat right alongside the narrow-gauge railway at Five-Mile (situated between the mining hubs of Zeehan and Dundas), serving as a crucial refreshment and social hub for passing locomotives, miners, and timber workers.

• Ownership: Public records indicate the hotel license was transferred from George Hanna to Samuel Smith in February 1901. Smith continued running the weatherboard establishment into the early 1900s.

• The 1903 Fire: Like many of the West Coast's historic timber structures, the hotel met a sudden end. It was completely destroyed by fire in early November 1903. Later that year, the local Licensing Bench had to hold over license applications because the physical building no longer existed.

Today, the original town of Dundas is a ghost town largely reclaimed by the rainforest, but walkers trekking along the old tramway route can still trace the remnants of the area where the hotel once stood. 💕

18/09/2026

🌿Montezuma Falls 4wd track🌿
18/09/26

Please be aware that the 4WD track which leads to Montezuma Falls from the Murchison Highway at Melba Flats, will be CLOSED from Monday 21st September for a period of up to two weeks to allow safe removal of a large wind damage site near Montezuma Falls.

You will be notified immediately when the works are completed and the track re-opens.

The walking track to Montezuma Falls from Williamsford remains CLOSED until further notice.

For more information please contact PWS West Coast field centre on (03) 6409 1020 or [email protected]

15/09/2026

What a great pic of the bottom pub!

Rosebery Bottom Hotel - c.1926

15/09/2026

Another great piece of history we have at here at the Heritage Centre!

A Hercules Mine Reports and Accounts ledger from 1897.

15/09/2026

Damaged Ring River Bridge washed away by a severe flood.
6 March 1917

Rosebery Heritage Centre Collection

15/09/2026

Light dusting of snow on Mount Murchison from the Heritage Centre Lookout
15/09/26

📸Rosebery Heritage Centre