The Ettamogah Pub is a cartoon pub that was featured in the now defunct Australasian Post

Australasian Post

Australasian Post, or "Aussie Post," was Australia's longest-running weekly picture magazine.The origins of Australasian Post date back Saturday 3 January 1857 to the first volume of the publication Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle...

 magazine. The cartoonist Ken Maynard

Ken Maynard (cartoonist)

Ken Maynard was an Australian cartoonist.Originally a police officer, he got his break as a cartoonist in 1958 contributing his Ettamogah Pub cartoons to the Australasian Post...

, loving empty spaces and having nothing around him, enjoyed an area just outside of Albury

Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...

 at Table Top, named Ettamogah, thus christening the name of his now famous pub the "Ettamogah Pub" . The first "Ettamogah Pub" of a chain of such pubs was built there and copies now exist in various parts of Australia including Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

 and Cunderdin, Western Australia

Cunderdin, Western Australia

Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth, on Great Eastern Highway.- History :The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby...

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External links

• Ettamogah Pub, Albury Wodonga, NSW - a tribute to Ken Maynard
• Ettamogah Pub, Albury Wodonga, NSW - inside the bar
• Ettamogah Pub, Kellyville Ridge, NSW
• Ettamogah Pub, Sunshine Coast, QLD - Part of the "Aussieworld" mini theme park

• Tourist trap
  Tourist trap
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