YOU can’t help but notice the declining health of the grand old lady from the past when passing through Bulli. The Denmark Hotel, “The Little House on the Hill”, sits as a dejected monument to one of the region’s entrepreneurial pioneers. Expectations are high, but not assured that the exterior of the building will be saved after a proposal to redevelop the Denmark as upmarket residential apartments. Work, however has stalled, and word is that the developer is experiencing problems with Wollongong City Council. The former pub was established by Danish immigrant Jens Peter Oluf Orvad in 1876. Orvad served in the Danish Navy before immigrating to Australia with the fall of Denmark to Prussia in the 1864 war. He arrived in Sydney in 1866 and by 1869 had made his way to Wollongong, marrying Honorah Madden.
The Old Denmark Hotel, Bulli 2015… Waiting for restoration.
By MICK ROBERTS ©
YOU can’t help but notice the declining health of the grand old lady from the past when passing through Bulli.
The Denmark Hotel, “The Little House on the Hill”, sits as a dejected monument to one of the region’s entrepreneurial pioneers.
Old Bulli village C1880, showing inset Orvad’s Denmark Hotel. A single storey weatherboard and slab dwellings. “Orvad’s”can be seen painted on the side of the building.
Expectations are high, but not assured that the exterior of the building will be saved after a Sydney developer’s intentions to restore the Denmark as upmarket residential apartments. Work, however has stalled, and word is that the developer is experiencing problems with Wollongong City Council.
The former pub was established by Danish immigrant Jens Peter Oluf Orvad in 1877. Orvad served in the Danish Navy before immigrating to Australia with the…
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