Maroona Hotel saved after residents chip in to buy in A town with no pub is almost as bad as a pub with no beer. Determined not to let it happen, 83 locals in a western Victorian town stepped in ...

When the Maroona Hotel — about 20km south of Ararat — went up for sale last year, the town’s small but mighty population knew it was up to them to save it.

When the Maroona Hotel — about 20km south of Ararat — went up for sale last year, the town’s small but mighty population knew it was up to them to save it.

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The country town of Penshurst once had six pubs. Now, locals are scrambling to save their last remaining watering hole.

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