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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 was ...
(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
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 was ...
. 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
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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
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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, 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 * 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 f ...
, Sydney * Harts Buildings *
Heritage Hotel, Bulli The Heritage Hotel is a heritage-listed pub at 240 Princes Highway, Bulli, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by William Kerwood and built in 1889. It was historically known as the Family Hotel or Bulli Family Hote ...
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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 ...
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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 f ...
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Lord Nelson Hotel The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites, commonly referred to as the Lord Nelson Hotel, is a Canada's grand railway hotels, grand hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on the corner of Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Spri ...
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Milestone Hotel, Dubbo Milestone Hotel is a heritage-listed Australian pub at 195-197 Macquarie Street, Dubbo, New South Wales, Dubbo, Dubbo Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1882. It is also known as the Imperial Hotel; The Bushman's Home ...
* 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 Rising Sun Inn is a heritage-listed former post office, inn, general store and residence and now museum, craft shop and art gallery at 95-97 Wollombi Road, Millfield, City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1832 to 1838. ...
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Riverview Hotel, Balmain The Riverview Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located in Balmain, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Australian swimming champion, Dawn Fraser, was publican of the Riverview from 1978 to 1983. ...
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Royal Cricketers Arms Inn Royal Cricketers Arms Inn is a heritage-listed Australian pub at 385 Reservoir Road, Prospect, New South Wales, Prospect, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Manning and built by James Manning. It is also kno ...
* Royal Hotel, Bathurst * Royal Hotel, Cooma * Royal Oak Hotel *
Sandringham Hotel, Newtown The Sandringham Hotel, 387-391 King Street, locally known as The Sando, was a pub in the Inner West suburb of Newtown in Sydney, Australia. The pub first opened in 1870 and has had a long history and is the spiritual homeland to several of Sy ...
* Slip Inn * Sussex Hotel, Sydney *
White Horse Hotel, Surry Hills The White Horse Hotel is a three-storey pub, public hotel located at 381 Crown Street, Sydney, Crown Street in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Surry Hills, close to the Sydney central business district, central business district of Sydney, New Sout ...
* Sir William Wallace Hotel * UNSW Venues ;Defunct * 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 ...
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Bridge View Inn Bridge View Inn is a heritage-listed former hotel and bank building which now contains bed and breakfast accommodation, a museum and commercial enterprises at 28-30 Louee Street, Rylstone, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australi ...
* Brown's Family Hotel *
Carrington Hotel, Katoomba The Carrington Hotel is a heritage-listed former spa, hotel and power station and now hotel and pub, public bar located at Katoomba Street, Katoomba, New South Wales, Katoomba in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wale ...
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Court House Hotel, Windsor Court House Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel and now residence at 37-39 North Street, Windsor, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. It is often as ...
* Eatons Group * Forth & Clyde Hotel * Fortune of War Hotel, Sydney *
The Garibaldi The Garibaldi is a heritage-listed former retail building, residence and inn and now retail building at Ferry Street, Hunters Hill, Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1861 to 1862 by John Cuneo. It is ...
, Sydney * George Hotel, Sydney * Grand Hotel, Broadway * Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill * Kent Hotel * Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney *
Rising Sun Inn, Millfield Rising Sun Inn is a heritage-listed former post office, inn, general store and residence and now museum, craft shop and art gallery at 95-97 Wollombi Road, Millfield, City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1832 to 1838. ...
* Royal George Hotel, Sydney * Royal Oak Arms Hotel * Nubrygyn Inn and Cemetery *
Shipwright's Arms Hotel The Shipwright's Arms is an historic de-licensed pub located in Balmain East, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The former pub looks out across Sydney Harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge ...
* Star Hotel, Balmain * Victoria Hotel, Hinton *
Volunteer Hotel The Volunteer Hotel was a pub in the suburb of Balmain in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The pub is named because of its association with a group of volunteer firefighter A firefighter is a first ...
* Whalers Arms Hotel * White Bay Hotel * Young Princess Hotel


Northern Territory

* Hotel Darwin * Humpty Doo Hotel *
Victoria Hotel, Darwin The Victoria Hotel, or The Vic as it is commonly known, is a Cultural heritage, heritage listed Public house, pub located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Built in 1890, it is an important historical buildin ...


Queensland

* Babinda State Hotel * Barrier Reef Hotel *
Barron Valley Hotel Barron Valley Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 53 Main Street, Atherton, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hill & Taylor and built from 1940 to 1941. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February ...
* Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane * Birdsville Hotel * Bloomfield Lodge *
Bowen River Hotel Bowen River Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Strathbowen-Leichhardt Range Road, Mount Wyatt, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It is also known as Heidelberg Inn. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 ...
* 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 City View Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 277 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Hist ...
* Cleveland Hotel * Coronation Hotel * Criterion Hotel, Maryborough *
Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton Criterion Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 150 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by James Flint and built from 1889 to 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October ...
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Criterion Hotel, Warwick The Criterion Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 84 Palmerin Street in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Dornbusch & Connolly and built in 1917 by Connolly & Bell. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 Octob ...
* Customs House Hotel, Maryborough * Dusit Thani Brookwater Golf and Spa Resort * Eatons Hill Hotel *
Einasleigh Hotel Einasleigh Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Daintree Street, Einasleigh, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1908 to 1909. It is also known as Central Hotel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 Feb ...
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Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley Empire Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 339 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built in 1888 by Smith and Ball. It was renovated in 1925 to a design by Richard ...
* Engineers' Arms Hotel * Eureka Hotel * Exchange Hotel, Laidley * Exchange Hotel, Mossman *
Federal Hotel, Childers Federal Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 71 Churchill Street, Childers, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The Federal Hotel is a two-stor ...
* Forest Hill Hotel * Fortitude Valley Post Office * Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane * Gambaro Group * Grand Hotel, Childers * Grand Hotel, Mount Morgan * Grand View Hotel * Great Northern Hotel, Townsville * Heritage Hotel, Rockhampton, 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 * 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 * Parson's Inn * People's Palace, Brisbane * 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 * 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 * 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 * Towers of Chevron Renaissance * Transcontinental Hotel * 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 * Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, Highercomb Hotel * Largs Pier Hotel * Pier Hotel, Glenelg


Tasmania

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


Victoria

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


Western Australia

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


Fictional

* Ettamogah Pub File:Ettamogah Pub Cunderdin.jpg, The Ettamogah Pub 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 Regatta Hotel in 1908


Australian pubs worldwide

There are an estimated 3,000 Australian pub, 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. *Walkabout (pub chain) *Café Oz Australian Bar


See also

* List of bars * List of hotels in Australia * List of microbreweries * List of public house topics * Longest bar in Australia * Micropub


References

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