Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) a public house.

1904		Sun. Times (Perth) 10 Jan. 1/1: A Mulga mining man had a blue lightning time in a leading Perth pubbery.
1911		Meekatharra Miner (WA) 30 Dec. 3/4: The spectacle of a fellow lodger groping his way to victory on the floor by the aid of a boot and a candle is not often seen. But such was the case at a local pubbery of a recent night.
1914		Sport (Adelaide) 12 June 4/7: A certain pubery is to be renamed the ‘Asiatic Arms’.