It was built in 1889 when Queensland was still a British colony and the Commonwealth of Australia was still 12 years away.
The Norman Hotel has weathered 120 years of community life in Brisbane and southeast Queensland.
At lunch time today, a spark from a tradesman's tool ignited one of the biggest blazes seen in Brisbane for many years.
The Norman Hotel advertised itself as Brisbane's Worst Vegetarian Restaurant - a clever play on its well-deserved reputation as the best steak house in the state.
The beer will be flowing again soon on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba and the oysters and steaks will be back again with customers savouring the pub's delights as they have for 120 years.
But one thing's for sure.
The steaks at the Norman Hotel will never be as well done as they were at one o'clock this afternoon.
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CR PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au
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