A Haunting at the Mount Remarkable Hotel
– Part V –
Like Father, Like Son.
George Moran was the only son of Thomas Moran and Alice Moran (nee Neagle), the original builders and publicans of the Mount Remarkable hotel. George was the publican of the Mount Remarkable Hotel between 1904 and 1915.
George Moran was educated at Sevenhill College near Clare. He served in the Mounted Police like his father before him. He earned the position of Inspector of Police in what is now the Northern Territory. He also served in Queensland and lived for a while in the Western Australian goldfields.
When he returned to South Australia, he took over the management of his father’s farm. After several bad seasons, George left the farm and took over as publican of his father’s former hotel, ‘Moran’s Hotel’ (The Mount Remarkable Hotel).
George engrained himself in his community. He served on the Port Germein District Council, supported the Frome Jockey Club, and supplied the local football team with its grounds.[1]
Despite being in good health, at the age of 59, while in his room at Moran’s Hotel, George suffered a cerebral haemorrhage that killed him. His wife Cicely and his eight daughters survived George.[2]George Moran was buried at Melrose Cemetery, Row 12, Plot 81.
His family entered an obituary in the Express and Telegraph newspaper,
MORAN.-On the 12th of May, at Moran's Hotel, Melrose, suddenly, of cerebral haemorrhage, George William, beloved husband of Cicely M. Moran, 59 years. R.I.P. [3]
After his death, Cicely and her daughters ran the hotel until 1920.[4]
[1] 'OBITUARIES.', Observer, (29 May 1915), p. 45.
[2] 'PERSONAL', Daily Herald, (14 May 1915), p. 4.
[3] 'Family Notices', The Express and Telegraph, (18 May 1915), p. 1.
[4] J.L. (Bob) Hoad, Hotels and Publicans in South Australia, (1986), p. 389.
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