“Long before the cards, there were ledgers.”
Long before Brumby Creeks dealt its first hand, this Sharp Street building did paperwork for the graziers who ran sheep across the Monaro high country surrounding Cooma.
“From wool ledgers to playing cards.”
The building at 76 Sharp Street started out as an office for stock and station agents, keeping the books for wool coming off Monaro sheep stations and the brumbies that still run wild in the high country beyond town.
By the time Brumby Creeks took the lease, the ledgers were long gone, but the high ceilings and the old strongroom door stayed exactly where they were.
Five tables went in where the counters used to stand, and the back office became the place tea and coffee are poured — small changes, mostly, to a solid old building.
- 1948
- The building first opened as a stock and station office
- 2019
- Renovated and reopened as a card room
- Today
- Five tables, one dealer, and the same front door
“A few questions about the old place.”
Was this always a card room?
No — it spent decades as a stock and station office before Brumby Creeks took over the lease in 2019.
What happened to the old strongroom?
The door's still there, kept as a feature near the counter rather than pulled out.
Is any of the original building visible inside?
Yes — the high ceilings and the strongroom door are original; the rest was fitted out for cards.
Why Sharp Street specifically?
It's the middle of Cooma, and the building already had the bones for a room this size.