Paddy Conlon (publican)

Paddy Conlon (fl. c. 1925) was an Australian publican who founded the town of Narembeen, Western Australia.

While a publican in Perth, Conlon and a lawyer friend, Henry Dale, recognised a commercial opportunity to sell alcohol at the railway siding of Narembeen near the teetotal town of Emu Hill. The partners bought land by the railway in 1924, gained a license to build a pub, and then sold off building plots around their new drinking establishment.[1] The new settlement of Narembeen grew at the expense of Emu Hill.

References

  1. ↑ "Narembeen Pioneer Memorial". Monument Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2016.


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