Collingwood Hotels Database search
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Hotel:Norfolk Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
[54] Easey Street, northwest corner Budd Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Norfolk Hotel (1855 - 1908)
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1908
Demolished
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Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: Y ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1238, 1900 (unnamed corner building with cellar)
The application for a licence to Mr Breeze for his new hotel was granted on the condition that a ceiling be installed within two weeks. The hotel, presumably with its ceiling installed, was soon a popular place for a variety of meetings, ranging from the quarterly meetings of 'The Euphonics' to a meeting organised by John Jackson, a lobbyist for the erection of a bridge for Collingwood. At the latter 120 persons sat down to a complimentary dinner, 'furnished - with great credit - by Mr Breeze, the host'. Various councillors and members of Parliament attended, as did the Collingwood town clerk, while other worthies sent their apologies and accompanying cheques to assist Mr Jackson's cause. ( The Argus, 25 August 1856, p. 8 and 15 November 1856, p.5)
Mr John Edwards, one of the candidates for Collingwood, addressed two meetings of the electors last evening - one at the Abbotsford Hotel, Johnston street, and the other at the Norfolk Hotel. At both meetings motions in the candidate's favour were carried unanimously. At the Norfolk' a "free fight" took place, which lasted for some little time, but ultimately order was restored and maintained.
( The Argus, 25 July 1861, p. 4)
Newspapers reported extensively on a case in 1876 involving local youths feuding with the publican George Black. Two boys were charged with shooting to intent to wound. The event excited considerable interest as 'showing the extremities to which the disorderly youth of Collingwood would proceed' and being 'an act transcending in audacity anything yet done by the larrikin tribe of Collingwood'. However as the case unfolded, it seemed that Black had exaggerated and perhaps even manufactured evidence to incriminate the boys, and that, although a gun had been fired, it was loaded with only a few grains of powder and some paper to give him a fright, and caused no injury. ( The Argus, 3 April, p. 5 and 26 April, 1876, p. 5; The Mercury, 15 April 1876, p. 6)
Hotel:Oxford Arms Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
[83] Oxford Street, west wide, north of Peel Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Oxford Arms Hotel (1858 - 1897)
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1858
1897
Demolished c. 1898.
In October 1877 tenders were invited for plastering the Oxford Arms
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Reference re building of Foy and Gibson factories
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Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: Y ; MMBW: N/A
Mrs Frances Kavanagh was the first publican and owner of this brick hotel, and remained until the late 1870s. In October 1877 the hotel was being spruced up, as tenders were invited first for plastering, then shortly afterwards for painting and wallpapering. ( The Argus, 17 October, and 29 October 1877, p. 3). This may have been in readiness for the sale of the hotel, or may have been done by the new owner.
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. (See Foy and Gibson )
Hotel:Palmerston Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
[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.
Hotel:Phoenix Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
267 Wellington Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Phoenix Hotel (1885 - 1919)
Woodthorpe Hotel (1875-1885)
1875
1919
Residential
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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.
Hotel:Post Office Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
[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
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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
Hotel:Prince of Wales Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
[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.
Hotel:Prince Patrick Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
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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Existing hotel
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.
Hotel:Railway Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
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)
Hotel:Rising Sun Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
[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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1867
1870
Demolished
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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.
Hotel:Rose of Denmark Hotel
Suburb:Collingwood
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
Demolished
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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.