When veteran hotel manager Mat Sargent was given the task of shifting the public perception of the Sydney Junction Hotel, he was under no illusion about the scope of what lie ahead. But, in just a few months a lot has changed at the hotel that was once known for its late-night dance culture... When Iris Capital purchased Sydney Junction Hotel late last year in a package deal along with the Gunyah and Argenton hotels, they knew the hotel came with a legacy. Currently listed

In the 1800s, Thomas Tudor was larger than life. Likely to have been one of the longest serving publicans in Newcastle, Tudor's name is synonymous with one of Hamilton's main thoroughfares, Tudor Street, and once adorned the exterior of his hotel, a popular old pub called The Tudor Family Hotel. These days, we call it The Hotel Bennett. After spending the past 33 years under the ownership of John and Betty McCoy, the Hotel Bennett is now in new hands and set undergo a renova