IMG 6338 Young and Jackson, Melbourne, Australia

This is a list of notable pubs in Australia. A

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...

(in Australia) is an establishment performing many functions. These include serving alcoholic beverages, meals, functioning as a venue for various kinds of entertainment, and, sometimes, providing basic accommodation.

History

The

Australian pub An Australian pub or hotel is a public house or pub for short, in Australia, and is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. They may also provide other services, such as entertainment, meals and ...

is a direct descendant of the British and Irish

. The production and consumption of alcoholic drinks has long played a key role in Western social life and commerce, and this is reflected in the importance of pubs after the

British colonisation of Australia The history of Australia is the story of the land and peoples of the continent of Australia. Aboriginal Australians, People first arrived on the Australian mainland by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and ...

began in 1788. However, in the 19th century the local version evolved a number of distinctive features that set it apart from the classic British or urban Irish pub. The lack of public buildings in rural towns in colonial Australia saw pubs serve as community meeting places for a range of local activities. Among other things, they served as a community hall, a venue for political meetings and a place where inquests were held. Early pubs followed the English pattern and were located in the front room of a domestic dwelling. The room in this "public house" were furnished with a bar, tables and benches, and there was often sawdust on the floor. They functioned under long established rules and regulations that governed every aspect of their operations. These required the publican to be of good character and pay an annual license fee. Regulations also specified hours of opening, who might and might not be served, the quality of drinks sold and mandated the provision of street lighting outside the entrance. Police and magistrates enforced these rules strictly, with fines and a possible loss of license for repeat offenders. Early pubs were distinct from hotels, inns and large city centre pubs, which tended to be larger and more elaborate purpose-built establishments with a basement and one or more upper floors. As well as a tap-room, or public bar, they often provided a range of other facilities, such as accommodation, a dining room, stables, parlour and a billiard room. Some tough inner-city pubs had a reputation for violence and disorder. In Australian slang, they might be referred to as a bloodhouse.

Pubs in Australia

Australian Capital Territory

* Harmonie German Club * Old Canberra Inn * The Durham Castle Arms

New South Wales

;Current

* Argyle Stores, Sydney * Australian Hotel, Sydney * Bald Rock Hotel * Box Hill Inn * Bristol Arms Hotel, Sydney * British Seamen's Hotel, Sydney * Brooklyn Hotel, The Rocks * Bushranger Hotel *

Campbell's Stores The Campbell's Stores is a heritage-listed former warehouse building in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The Victorian Georgian building previously served as s ...

, Sydney * Captain Cook Hotel * Carlisle Castle Hotel * Commercial Hotel, Albury * Crown Hotel, Sydney * Dick's Hotel * Dry Dock Hotel * Dundee Arms Hotel, Sydney *

Eatons Group The Eatons Group is a heritage-listed site that contains a hotel, shop, house and retail centre located at 178, 180-188 Bridge Street, Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Eatons Hotel and St Vincen ...

* Ettamogah Pub, Albury * Ettamogah Pub, Kellyville * Exchange Hotel, Balmain, Sydney * Fanny's Tavern * Fortune of War Hotel * Glenmore Hotel * Harbour Rocks Hotel *

Harbour View Hotel Harbour View Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 18 Lower Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Prevost & Waterman and built ...

, Sydney * Harts Buildings * Heritage Hotel, Bulli *

Hero of Waterloo Hotel Hero of Waterloo Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located at 81-83 Lower Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1843 to 1844. Th ...

, Sydney *

Hydro Majestic Hotel The Hydro Majestic Hotel is located in Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia. The hotel is located on a clifftop overlooking the Megalong Valley on the western side of the Great Western Highway. The hotel is heritage listed and is notable ...

* Lord Nelson Hotel, Sydney * Milestone Hotel, Dubbo * New Albury Hotel * Newport Arms Hotel * Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel * One Tree Hotel * The Oriental Hotel * Palace Hotel, Broken Hill * Railway Hotel, Bogan Gate * Rising Sun Inn, Millfield * Riverview Hotel, Balmain * Royal Cricketers Arms Inn * Royal Hotel, Bathurst * Royal Hotel, Cooma * Royal Oak Hotel * Sandringham Hotel, Newtown * Slip Inn * Sussex Hotel, Sydney * White Horse Hotel, Surry Hills * Sir William Wallace Hotel * UNSW Venues ;Defunct Sir William Wallace Hotel Balmain c1930

* Albion Hotel, Balmain * Albion Hotel, Braidwood * Arcadia Hotel, Sydney *

Australia Hotel The Australia Hotel was a hotel on Castlereagh Street, Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. From its opening in 1891 until its closure on 30 June 1971 and subsequent demolition, the hotel was considered "the best-known hotel in Australia", "the ...

(defunct) * Beach Hotel, Rozelle *

Bogan Gate Bogan Gate is a small village in Parkes Shire of the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. At the , Bogan Gate and the surrounding area had a population of 307. Bogan Gate is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "the birthpl ...

Hotel * Bridge View Inn * Brown's Family Hotel *

Carrington Hotel, Katoomba The Carrington Hotel is a heritage-listed former spa, hotel and power station and now hotel and public bar located at Katoomba Street, Katoomba in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed ...

* Court House Hotel, Windsor *

* Forth & Clyde Hotel * Fortune of War Hotel, Sydney * The Garibaldi, Sydney * George Hotel, Sydney * Grand Hotel, Broadway * Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill * Kent Hotel * Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney * Rising Sun Inn, Millfield * Royal George Hotel, Sydney * Royal Oak Arms Hotel * Nubrygyn Inn and Cemetery * Shipwright's Arms Hotel * Star Hotel, Balmain * Victoria Hotel, Hinton * Volunteer Hotel * Whalers Arms Hotel * White Bay Hotel * Young Princess Hotel

Northern Territory

* Hotel Darwin * Humpty Doo Hotel * Victoria Hotel, Darwin

Queensland

* Babinda State Hotel * Barrier Reef Hotel * Barron Valley Hotel * Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane * Birdsville Hotel * Bloomfield Lodge * Bowen River Hotel * Breakfast Creek Hotel * Broadway Hotel, Woolloongabba * Buchanan's Hotel * Cairns Court House Complex * Canberra Hotel, Brisbane * Central Hotel, Cairns * Central Hotel, Stanthorpe * City View Hotel * Cleveland Hotel * Coronation Hotel * Criterion Hotel, Maryborough * Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton *

Criterion Hotel, Warwick The Criterion Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 84 Palmerin Street in Warwick, Queensland, Warwick, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Dornbusch & Connolly and built in 1917 by Connolly & Bell. It was added to the Queensland Heritage ...

* Customs House Hotel, Maryborough * Dusit Thani Brookwater Golf and Spa Resort * Eatons Hill Hotel * Einasleigh Hotel * Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley * Engineers' Arms Hotel * Eureka Hotel * Exchange Hotel, Laidley * Exchange Hotel, Mossman * Federal Hotel, Childers * Forest Hill Hotel * Fortitude Valley Post Office * Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane * Gambaro Group * Grand Hotel, Childers * Grand Hotel, Mount Morgan *

Grand View Hotel Grand View Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 49 North Street, Cleveland, City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. It was built onwards. It was also known as Brighton Hotel and Cleveland House. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Registe ...

* Great Northern Hotel, Townsville * Heritage Hotel * Hides Hotel * Holiday Inn, Townsville * Hotel Cecil (Southport) * Hotel Cecil, North Ipswich * Hotel Childers * Hotel Corones * Hotel Francis * Hotel Metropole, Ipswich * Imperial Hotel, Ravenswood * Inchcolm, Spring Hill * Irlam's Ant Bed Building * Jubilee Hotel * Lake Eacham Hotel * Lakes Creek Hotel * Langham Hotel, Warwick * Lees Hotel * Lockyer Hotel * Mana Bar *

Manor Apartment Hotel Manor Apartment Hotel is a heritage-listed former office building and now apartment hotel at 289 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hennessey, Hennessey & Co and built from 1930 to 193 ...

* Marburg Hotel * National Hotel, Warwick * Nebo Hotel * Nindigully Pub * Noccundra Hotel * Norman Hotel * Normanby Hotel * Oddfellows Home Hotel * Orient Hotel, Brisbane * Palace Hotel, Childers *

Palazzo Versace Australia Palazzo Versace is a luxury hotel located by the Southport Broadwater in Main Beach, and Marina Mirage shopping centre at Southport Spit on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The hotel was constructed by the Sunland Group on the site ...

* Parson's Inn *

People's Palace, Brisbane The People's Palace is a heritage-listed building and a former temperance hotel in the Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at 308 Edward Street on the southern corner with Ann Street, diagonally opposite to ...

* Plough Inn * Port Office Hotel * Post Office Hotel, Maryborough * Prince Consort Hotel * Quartz Hill Coach Change Station * Queen's Hotel, Townsville * Queensland National Hotel * Railway Hotel, Gympie * Railway Hotel, Ravenswood * Range Hotel site, Hervey Range *

Regatta Hotel Regatta Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 543 Coronation Drive on the corner of Sylvan Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It faces the Toowong Reach of the Brisbane River and was named after the rowing regattas held t ...

* Royal Bull's Head Inn * Royal Exchange Hotel, Brisbane * Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building * Royal Hotel, Birdsville * Royal Hotel, Maryborough * Royal Mail Hotel, Hungerford *

Shell House, Brisbane Shell House is a heritage-listed building at 301 Ann Street in the Brisbane central business district. It was entered in the Register of the National Estate on 30 May 1995, when it was called the CPS Credit Society Centre. History Designed by ...

* Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort * Stonehouse, Moore * Tattersalls Hotel, Townsville * The Grand Hotel, Hughenden * The Pink Poodle * The Reef Hotel Casino *

The Star Gold Coast The Star Gold Coast (formerly Jupiters Hotel and Casino) is a casino and hotel located in the suburb of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The casino, which was Queensland's first, is situated next to the Nerang River and ...

* Towers of Chevron Renaissance *

Transcontinental Hotel Transcontinental Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 462-468 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1883 to 1884. It was added to the Queens ...

* Treasury Casino * Treasury Hotel * Ulster Hotel * Victoria Park Hotel * Victory Hotel * Waterloo Bay Hotel * West End Hotel, Townsville * White Horse Hotel, Toowoomba * White Swan Inn, Swan Creek * Wickham Hotel

South Australia

* Exeter Hotel * Highercomb Hotel * Largs Pier Hotel * Pier Hotel, Glenelg

Tasmania

* The Bush Inn, Tasmania * Hope and Anchor Tavern * The Deloraine Hotel

Victoria

The Esplanade Hotel on The Esplanade in St Kilda (1)

* Carlton Inn, Melbourne *

Corner Hotel, Richmond The Corner Hotel in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Australia, is a remodelled 19th-century pub which has been a live music venue since the 1940s and, since 1995, a popular rock music venue and rooftop bar.Johnston, Chris. "Corner ...

* Colbinabbin Hotel – Colbinabbin 3559 * Devonshire Arms, Fitzroy (defunct) * Diggers Rest Hotel (defunct) * Duke of Wellington, Melbourne * Empress Hotel, Fitzroy North (defunct) * Esplanade Hotel * Fawkner's Hotel (defunct) * Federal Hotel, Melbourne (defunct) * The Gordon Hotel – Portland 3305 * Governor Hotham Hotel, Hawthorn * Hotel Windsor * The Elphinstone Hotel 3448 * Greendale Hotel – Greendale 3341 * Prince of Wales Hotel, St Kilda * Punters Club (defunct) * Old White Hart Hotel, Spring St, Melbourne (defunct) * Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville * Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo *

The Tote Hotel The Tote is a hotel, pub, bar, and live music venue located in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia. The venue hosts many independent local, Australian and international acts, and carries a reputation for showcasing new and emerging independent ...

* Tudor Inn, Cheltenham * Young and Jackson Hotel

Western Australia

* Exchange Hotel, Kalgoorlie * Federal Hotel, Fremantle * Melbourne Hotel * Palace Hotel, Perth * Parkerville Tavern, Perth * Railway Hotel, Perth * Raffles Hotel, Perth * Royal Hotel, Perth * Sail and Anchor Hotel * Freemasons Tavern, Beverley

Fictional

Ettamogah Pub The Ettamogah Pub is a cartoon pub that was featured in the now defunct '' Australasian Post'' magazine. The cartoonist Ken Maynard, loving empty spaces and having nothing around him, enjoyed an area just outside Albury at Table Top, New South W ...

File:Ettamogah Pub Cunderdin.jpg, The

in Cunderdin File:NindigullyPub.JPG, The Nindigully Pub was built in 1864, and is believed to be one of Queensland's longest continually licensed premises. File:StateLibQld 1 148471 Floodwaters around the Regatta Hotel, Toowong, March 1908.jpg, Floodwaters around

in 1908

Australian pubs worldwide

There are an estimated 3,000 Australian themed pubs worldwide. They have been criticised for a lack of authenticity. They are particularly prevalent wherever Australian tourists or expatriate communities are found, providing a sense of connection for the

Australian diaspora The Australian diaspora are those Australians living outside of Australia. It includes approximately 527,255 Australian-born people living outside of Australia,https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/data/UN_ ...

. * Walkabout (pub chain) * Café Oz Australian Bar

References

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