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Hotels

  • Albion Family Hotel (1887 - )

    The Albion Hotel was built in 1887 by William Byrne. At the time St. Georges Road was still a muddy track...
  • Alphington Hotel (1861 - late 1980s)

    On 17 April 1861 Magistrates Hackett, Phelan and Perry granted Thomas Freeman a license for the Alphington...
  • Belmont Hotel

    The first known references to the Belmont Hotel were in February 1857 when the Argus ran an articles calling...
  • Bird in the Hand Hotel

    Elisha Evans, publican of the Bird in the Hand Hotel, first comes to our attention on 21 April 1867 when the...
  • Bridge Hotel 1871 - 1921

    In December 1871 John Brown applied for a license for a hotel in Northcote which was described as not yet...
  • Butchers' Arms Hotel

    The Butchers' Arms Hotel briefly flickered into life in 1867-1868. We know little else about it. The publican...
  • Captain Frederick Charles Standish

    Captain Standish was the judge at several of the early race meetings held at the Red House, a hotel located...
  • Carters' Arms Hotel (1867-1989)

    The earliest reference to the Carters' Arms' was January 1866 when an notice was placed that Mr Callaghan...
  • Charles Brock

    Charles Brock was the long standing publican at the Council Club Hotel at 853 High Street Preston, opposite...
  • Commercial Hotel

    On December 13 1854 John M. Moor was granted a license for the Shannon Hotel in Northcote. The hotel was...
  • Council Club Hotel

    In 1888 construction commenced on the Council Club Hotel on the corner of High Street and Cramer Street. It...
  • Croxton Park Hotel

    The Croxton Park Hotel began life on 27 April 1844 when Robert Duff was granted a license for a hotel on...
  • Darebin Bridge Hotel

    David Bowman was granted a licence for a hotel, to be called Darebin Bridge Hotel on 27 April 1844. The...
  • Denis Bowes (c1835 - unknown )

    Tipperary born Denis Bowes arrived in Northcote around 1859 with his wife Sarah Bowes (formerly Kilcary)....
  • Foresters' Arms Hotel (1868-1878)

    Edward Merrall and his wife Jane arrived in Preston some time between 1852 and 1858. They had married in...
  • Gowerville Hotel

    The first mention we have of the Gowerville Hotel was in January 1876 when an auction of the former Bird in...
  • Grandview Hotel

    The first application for a license for a hotel at Fairfield was conditionally granted in December 1888....
  • Heidelberg Motor Inn, 579-585 Heidelberg Road Alphington

    The Heidelberg Motor Inn opened in 1979 on land previously part of the Outer Circle railway line reserve....
  • Hotel Licencing and the Temperance Movement

    The Licences Reduction Board was formed by the Victorian Government in 1907 in an effort to curb the number...
  • Junction Hotel (1859- )

    The first mention of the Junction Hotel is in September 1859 that a Dr. Greeves would address electors at...
  • Mary Cora Negri

    The longest serving of all Darebin’s publicans was Mary Cora Negri. In 1927 she took over the licence of the...
  • Merrilands Hotel

    The Merrilands Hotel was located on the Reservoir - Epping Road just north of Reservoir railway station,...
  • Northcote Arms Hotel

    The Northcote Arms Hotel originated in November 1853 when the firm of Wharton & Burns requested...
  • Peacock Hotel

    On 7 September 1854 Horace William Bastings was granted a license for the Peacock Inn. It was certainly in...
  • Pilgrim Inn - Darebin's first hotel

    On 27th April 1844 Robert Duff was granted a license for a hotel on Plenty Road to be known at the Pilgrim...
  • Preston Arms Hotel ( 1856- )

    The first references we have to the Preston Arms Hotel was in September 1855 when Edward Sheldrake Plummer’s...
  • Prince Alfred Hotel (1864-1922)

    The first mention of the Prince Alfred Hotel is on the 27 April 1863 when George Cann applice for a license...
  • Reservoir Hotel

    The Reservoir Hotel was opened in 1962 with K. A. Howard as the first publican. The area was industrial and...
  • Robert Duff

    On the 18th November 1833 the barque Edward Coulston arrived in Sydney from Liverpool. Amongst its passengers...
  • Roscrea Hotel (1857 - 1872)

    The first mention of the Roscrea Hotel is in The Argus on 3 December 1857 when Denis Bowes applied for a...
  • Rose, Shamrock and Thistle Hotel [1854 - ]

    At the April 1854 session of the Annual Licensing Meeting for the District of Bourke, ex convict Charles...
  • Samuel Brownlow

    Samuel Brownlow was first mentioned in the Argus newspaper on 31 August 1854 when he was one of a number of...
  • Summerhill Hotel

    The original Summerhill Hotel was opened in 1967, built by John Stoddard on the site of Preston Council...
  • Terminus Hotel

    On 22 March 1854 John McLean applied for a liquor license for a hotel to be located on Plenty Road, Northcote...
  • Tower Hotel

    In July 1866 Thomas Kinsella transferred the license of the Half-way House Hotel to Emanuel King, gentleman...
  • Vine Tree Hotel

    The Vine Tree Hotel opened on Heidelberg Road in Alphington in 1868. It was probably located in a small...
  • Vine Tree Hotel

    The Vine Tree Hotel opened on Heidelberg Road in Alphington in 1868. It was probably located in a small...
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