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Regional Australia losing its historical waterholes due to financial pressures


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Historical pubs and hotels across regional parts of Australia are closing down due to a range of reasons according to Anthony King, the son of the former owners of the Kooringa Hotel in Burra, South Australia.



The Kooringa Hotel was best known for accommodating the film crew of Breaker Morant, a classic Australian film released in 1980 starring Bruce Beresford.



It is also said to have thrived heavily during the early days of Burra's booming copper mining industry.



King, who says he is still close with the Burra community, believes cost-of-living pressures and shrinking populations have hindered historical pubs across regional Australia.


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