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[45] Wellington Street, west side between Victoria Parade and Derby
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Palmerston Hotel (1866 - 1868)

Hancock's Family Hotel (1854 - 1866)

1854/1855

1868

Demolished

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Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: N/A

Described as brick in the 1864 rate book, and stone in the 1867 rate book, it was owned and operated by Albert Hancock in its first few years of existence. At the licenses hearing in 1855, a Mr Dyne opposed Hancock's application on the grounds that another hotel was not needed in the neighbourhood, there being others within a few yards. A Mr Stephen and a Mr Read supported the application: it was stated that the applicant, who had been a commander of a vessel, had laid out all his means in the erection of the hotel. ( The Argus, 7 March 1855, p. 5).

In November 1868 an auction was held at the Palmerston Hotel of surplus household furniture, a billiard table, and a six-pull beer-engine ( The Argus, 3 November 1868, p. 3). The Lady Franklin was only a few doors to the south, and in 1868 the Caledonian, later the Vine Hotel, opened up a few doors to the north - perhaps even in busy Wellington Street the competition was too fierce.

267 Wellington Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Phoenix Hotel (1885 - 1919)

Woodthorpe Hotel (1875-1885)

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1919

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Kearney 1855: N/A ; Hodgkinson 1858: N/A ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1237, 1900

This hotel opened in the same year as Steeth's Family Hotel, just after Wellington Street was extended from Johnston Street towards Clifton Hill. Nowadays the corner door opening has been filled in and the ground floor window frames altered, but otherwise Michael Torpey, publican from 1887 until 1892, could return to his hotel today and have no trouble recognising the exterior, although he might be a little surprised by the paint colours.

[104] Smith Street, between the Grace Darling Hotel & Mac's Hotel
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Post Office Hotel (1866 - 1868)

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1866

1868

Demolished

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Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: N/A

This short-lived wooden ten-roomed hotel was listed in the Sands & McDougall Directories and council ratebooks of 1867 and 1868. At the time most of the shops in this section of Smith Street were early wooden structures, soon to be replaced by brick and stucco. On 7 March 1868 auctioneer Alfred Cooper auctioned the furniture and stock of the hotel 'on account of the proprietor leaving the colony'. ( The Argus, 7 March 1868, page 2).

This hotel is not to be confused with a hotel of the same name on the Fitzroy side of Smith Street from 1871 onwar

[22] Otter Street, opposite Napoleon Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Prince of Wales Hotel (1853 - 1908)

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1853

1908

Demolished

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Kearney 1855: Y ; Hodgkinson 1858: Y ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1196, 1900

A brick hotel (Rate Book 1864), closed by the Licenses Reduction Board in 1908, its site is now part of the NMIT campus.

The image of the jolly publican was not always accurate as the following article shows; it is also a reminder that one of the sadder functions of hotels was as the venue for inquests:

Last Saturday morning a most determined suicide occurred in the Yarra near Johnston Street Bridge... With the assistance of a boat hook the body was brought on to the bank and then conveyed to the Early Bird hotel where it was identified as that of Stephen Hannaway, licensee of the Prince of Wales... [At the inquest] it was stated that the deceased had of late shown symptoms of unsoundness of mind and the verdict was that the deceased committed suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity.

Mercury and Weekly Courier, 31 Aug 1878, p. 2

A later publican, Charles Pugh, who presided in the 1880s, was more successful, being complimented by the magistrate on the way he conducted his house, dealing with larrikins demanding free drinks, and hosting supper meetings for the Fitzroy Lodge of Instruction, a Masonic group of which he was a member.

135-141 Victoria Parade
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Prince Patrick Hotel (1882 to present)

Lancashire Arms (1865) , Serle's (1866 - 1867) , Galatea (1867 - 1872), Armstrong's Hotel (1873 - 1874), New Sydney (1875 - 1882). Note there is some inconsistency in naming in different sources around 1865 to 1867.

1865

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Rebuilt 1887

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Part C, pp. 637-639

Volume 2, Building Citations, Part II, pp. 359-360

HO138. Individually significant

Kearney 1855: N/A ; Hodgkinson 1858: N/A ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1209, 1899

The Prince Patrick was re-built in 1887 in a highly ornamented Italianate style, incorporating two shops on the Victoria Parade frontage. The firm of Ravenscroft and Freeman may have been the architects. It remains substantially intact externally and is a prominent and decorative element in the Victoria Parade landscape.

314 Smith Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Punters Palace (post 1995 - present)

Albion Hotel (1874/75 - 1989); Albion Inn (c.1990 - c.1995)

1874

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Part C, p. 569, p. 586

Volume 3, Appendix B, individually listed under precinct

Individually significant within HO333

Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1196, 1900

On a corner site with a notable richly-decorated design including decorative use of grapes and vine leaves, the hotel was built for Patrick Coyle who had previously owned a house on the site. The first licensee was Patrick Devern.

Hoddle Street, southwest corner Easey Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Railway Hotel (1886 - 1971)

Butchers Arms Hotel (1871 - 1885)

1871

1971

Demolished c.1971 for the widening of Hoddle Street

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Kearney 1855: N/A ; Hodgkinson 1858: N/A ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1236, 1901

The Butchers Arms was first licensed in 1871 to John Counter whose wife Sarah conducted the business because he was 'blind, deaf and dumb, and had been bedridden for eight years'. Counter had previously been at the nearby Highbury Barn. He survived his infirmities until 1878, when Sarah became the official licensee, transferring the licence to W. Clark in 1882.

A ghastly accident took place in 1933. Samuel Nelson, the barman, was killed by electricity in the cellar. He went to the cellar to connect a barrel of beer with the lead pipe leading from the cellar to the bar. When he did not re-appear, the licensee Mr O'Connor went to the cellar and found Nelson sitting on the floor, dead, his hands still grasping the pipe line. An electrician investigated and found that the pipe was crossed by a house wire carrying a current of 230 volts. ( The Argus, 18 September 1933, p. 4)

[100] Oxford Street, Collingwood, east side, between Peel and Stanley streets
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Rising Sun Hotel (1867 - 1870)

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Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Not identifiable

As the Foy and Gibson retail and manufacturing empire expanded, the company bought up properties in Oxford and Cambridge streets to demolish and replace with their factories and warehouses during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While we can safely say that the site of the Rising Sun was eventually incorporated into the Foy and Gibson factory complex, whether the building was demolished at that time or earlier has yet to be ascertained.

376 Smith Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Robert Burns Hotel (1860 to present)

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1860

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Existing hotel

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Individually significant within HO333

Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1238, 1900

Although the brickwork has been damaged by unsuitable renovation methods, and the ground level exterior has been modified to some extent to suit modern usage, this hotel presents substantially the same face to the world as it has done for many long years, with its corner splay, simple pediment, and typical hotel window layout.

In 2011 the hotel was closed for some months while further alterations and renovations were undertaken by the new owners.

Wellington Street,southeast corner Gipps Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Rose of Denmark Hotel (1865 - 1908)

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1865

1908

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Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1209, 1899

A two storey brick hotel which was involved with a Sunday trading charge within a year of opening. Publican Ellen Power was charged 5 pounds, a much higher fine than was usual. At the time of delicensing it was owned by Carlton & United Breweries.

A number of English pubs are called the Rose of Denmark, and the name is believed to refer to Alexandra, Princess of Wales, who was born in Denmark and in 1863 married the prince who became Edward VII in 1901.