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Hotel:The Tote
67-71 Johnston Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Collingwood
Tote Hotel (1991 to present)
Healy's Hotel (1870 - 73), Ivanhoe Hotel (1873 - 1990)
67-71 Johnston Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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1870
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Existing hotel
Renovated in the inter-war period and ground floor changed
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Individually significant within HO 324
Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1196, 1900
Daniel Healy had a grain store on this site before building a hotel. He changed its name to the Ivanhoe in 1873. His wife Bridget was later the licensee, and the pub would remain in the Healy family until 1940. It became a popular music venue in the 1980s-1990s and took a new name as The Tote. Rumours that it had been connected by underground tunnels to John Wren's tote on the other side of Johnston Street are quite unfounded.
Closed briefly in 2009 and again in early 2010 owing to difficulties in complying with stricter licensing laws applying to "high-risk" venues hosting late-night live music, it re-opened as a result of a groundswell of public opinion and protest. It again seemed at risk in 2023 when the owners Jon Perrin and Andy Portokallis decided to sell up, but with help from crowd-funding it has kept going and continues to feature a wide range of local bands.
To find out more about its history, see this very informative blog:
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/music/40-years-of-the-tote/