The Slim Dusty classic country song A Pub with No Beer is steeped in Australian folklore. But there's a story behind the song behind the poem behind the pub.
READ MORE: We definitely have plenty of beer here, he said.
The pub was known as the Day Dawn Hotel when, in December 1943, US troops on the way to Port Moresby stopped for the night in Ingham and drank the cellars dry.
The following day, sugarcane farmer and poet Dan Sheahan made the 30km horseback trip into town for a refreshment, only to be told the pub was out of the good stuff.
Publican Glenn Connell said it was time to move on.(Today)
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Glumly, Mr Sheahan ordered a glass of red, and sitting in the bar, was inspired by his doleful circumstances to write the poem that, years later, would become one of Slim Dusty s biggest hits.