This is a list of notable pubs in Australia. An

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

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

is a direct descendant of the British and Irish

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. 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 The Harmonie German Club is a social club in Canberra, Australia founded and built by German Australian, German migrants, including the "Jennings Germans", in the early 1960s. In the mid 1960s migrants and their children made up half of Canberr ...

Old Canberra Inn The Old Canberra Inn is one of the earliest licensed pubs in the Canberra region, Australia. The building pre-dates the city itself. It is located in the present-day suburb of Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory, Lyneham. The original slab hu ...

* The Durham Castle Arms

New South Wales

;Current

:; Metropolitan * Argyle Stores, Sydney (The Rocks) * Australian Hotel, Sydney (The Rocks) (previously defunct) * Bald Rock Hotel, Rozelle * Box Hill Inn, Balmain * Bristol Arms Hotel, Sydney (CBD) * British Seamen's Hotel, Sydney (The Rocks) * Brooklyn Hotel, Sydney (The Rocks) * Campbell's Stores, Sydney (The Rocks) *

Captain Cook Hotel The Captain Cook Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located at 33–35 Kent Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The "Eora pe ...

, Sydney (Millers Point) * Carlisle Castle Hotel, Newtown * Crown Hotel, Sydney, Sydney (CBD) * Dick's Hotel, Balmain *

Dry Dock Hotel The Dry Dock 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. The pub is the oldest licensed hotel in Balmain and one of a number of establishments which ...

, Balmain *

Dundee Arms Hotel The Dundee Arms Hotel, commonly called The Dundee Arms, is a heritage-listed pub located at 171 Sussex Street, Sydney, Sussex Street, in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1860. It was added to ...

, Sydney *

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 ...

, Kellyville * Exchange Hotel, Balmain *

Fortune of War Hotel The Fortune of War Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located at 137 George Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Tooth & Co. resid ...

, Sydney (The Rocks) (previously defunct) *

Glenmore Hotel The Glenmore Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located at 96–98 Cumberland Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Tooth and Co. res ...

, Sydney (The Rocks) *

Harbour Rocks Hotel The Harbour Rocks Hotel is a heritage-listed pub, hotel, shops and former warehouse and terrace cottages located at 34–40 and 42–52 Harrington Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area ...

, Sydney (The Rocks) *

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, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Prevost & Waterman and built from 1922 to 1923. It is privately owned. It w ...

, Sydney (Millers Point) *

Harts Buildings The Harts Buildings is a heritage-listed hotel and pub and former residence, located at 1014 Essex Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built fro ...

, Sydney (The Rocks) *

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. ...

, Sydney (Millers Point) * Lord Nelson Hotel, Sydney (Millers Point) *

Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel The Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 23 Anniversary Street, Botany, New South Wales, Botany, Bayside Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1840 to 1874. It was also known as Banks Inn. It was adde ...

, Botany * Riverview Hotel, Balmain * Royal Oak Hotel, Balmain * Sandringham Hotel, Newtown * Slip Inn, Sydney (CBD) * Sussex Hotel, Sydney (CBD) * White Horse Hotel, Surry Hills * Sir William Wallace Hotel, Birchgrove * UNSW Venues, UNSW, Kensington :; Regional * Bushranger Hotel, Collector * Commercial Hotel, Albury *

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 Vince ...

, Muswellbrook (previously defunct) *

, Albury * Fanny's Tavern, Newcastle * Heritage Hotel, Bulli *

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 fo ...

, Medlow Bath * Milestone Hotel, Dubbo * New Albury Hotel, Albury * Newport Arms Hotel, Pittwater * One Tree Hotel, One Tree * The Oriental Hotel, Springwood * Palace Hotel, Broken Hill * Railway Hotel, Bogan Gate * Royal Cricketers Arms Inn, Prospect * Royal Hotel, Bathurst * Royal Hotel, Cooma *

Wobbly Boot Hotel The Wobbly Boot Hotel is an Australian pub located in the town of Boggabilla near the state border of New South Wales and Queensland. The current concrete building was constructed in 1935 to replace a 12-room wooden hotel on the same site that was ...

, Boggabilla ;Defunct Sir William Wallace Hotel Balmain c1930

* Albion Hotel, Balmain * Albion Hotel, Braidwood * Arcadia Hotel, Sydney (CBD) * Beach Hotel, Rozelle * Bogan Gate Hotel, Bogan Gate * Bridge View Inn, Rylstone * Brown's Family Hotel * Carrington Hotel, Katoomba * Court House Hotel, Windsor * Forth & Clyde Hotel, Balmain *

The Garibaldi The Garibaldi is a heritage-listed building in Sydney, Australia. Located on Ferry Street in the suburb of Hunters Hill, New South Wales, it has seen use at different times as a residence, inn and retail building. It was built from 1861 to 186 ...

, Hunters Hill * George Hotel, Sydney (CBD) * Grand Hotel, Broadway * Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill * Kent Hotel, Balmain * Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney (CBD) * Rising Sun Inn, Millfield * Royal George Hotel, Sydney (CBD) * Royal Oak Arms Hotel, Paterson * Nubrygyn Inn and Cemetery, Euchareena * Shipwright's Arms Hotel, Balmain East * Star Hotel, Balmain * Victoria Hotel, Hinton * Volunteer Hotel, Balmain * Whalers Arms Hotel * White Bay Hotel, Balmain * Young Princess Hotel, Sydney (Millers Point)

Northern Territory

* Daly Waters Pub *

Hotel Darwin Hotel Darwin was a hotel located on the Esplanade in central Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was commonly known as the "Grand Old Duchess". Despite surviving the Bombing of Darwin and Cyclone Tracy, the hotel was demolished i ...

* Humpty Doo Hotel * Larrimah Hotel * Stuart Arms 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 * 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 is a heritage-listed former hotel and now shopping centre at 39–49 Lake Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Tunbridge, Tunbridge & Lynch and built from 1908 to 1909 by W Phill ...

* Central Hotel, Stanthorpe * City View Hotel * Cleveland Hotel * Coronation Hotel * Criterion Hotel, Maryborough * Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton * Criterion Hotel, Warwick * Customs House Hotel, Maryborough *

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Eatons Hill Hotel The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's gr ...

* Einasleigh Hotel * Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley * Engineers' Arms Hotel * Eureka Hotel *

Exchange Hotel, Laidley Exchange Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 134–138 Patrick Street, Laidley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eaton & Bates and built in 1902. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1 ...

Exchange Hotel, Mossman Exchange Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 2 Front Street, Mossman, Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Vibert McKirdy Brown and built from 1934 to 1935. It was also known as Daintree Inn. It was added to the Queensl ...

* Federal Hotel, Childers * Forest Hill Hotel * Fortitude Valley Post Office * Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane * Gambaro Group *

Grand Hotel, Childers Grand Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 106–110 Churchill Street, Childers, Queensland, Childers, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Anton Hettrich built from 1899 to 1900. It is also known as Childers Hotel. It was ...

* Grand Hotel, Mount Morgan *

Grand View Hotel Grand View Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 49 North Street, Cleveland, Queensland, 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 Queen ...

* Great Northern Hotel, Townsville * Heritage Hotel * Hides Hotel * Holiday Inn, Townsville *

Hotel Cecil (Southport) The Hotel Cecil is an Art Deco hotel located on the south western corner of the intersection of Scarborough and Nerang Streets in Southport, Queensland, Australia. It has been recommended that it be added to the Queensland Heritage Register ...

Hotel Cecil, North Ipswich Hotel Cecil is a heritage-listed hotel at 15 Lowry Street, North Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1887 to 1999. It is also known as Imperial Hotel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 Oc ...

* Hotel Childers * Hotel Corones * Hotel Francis * Hotel Metropole, Ipswich *

Imperial Hotel, Ravenswood Imperial Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Macrossan Street, Ravenswood, Queensland, Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eaton, Bates & Polin and built in 1901. It was added to the Queensland Heritage ...

Inchcolm, Spring Hill Inchcolm is a heritage-listed former office building at 73 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eric P Trewern and built in 1930 by J I Green & Son. It was converted into a hotel in 1998, a ...

* 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 The Nindigully Pub, originally built in 1864 in the town of Nindigully within the locality of Thallon, Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. History The hotel is sometimes claimed to be one of Queensland's longest continually licensed pre ...

* Noccundra Hotel * Norman Hotel *

Normanby Hotel Normanby Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 1 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, Queensland, Red Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John B Nicholson and built in by Thomas Game. It was extended in 1917 to a design by Georg ...

* Oddfellows Home Hotel *

Orient Hotel, Brisbane The Orient Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 560 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on the corner of Ann Street. It was originally built as the Excelsior Hotel in 1875 and extended in 1884, both of which ...

* Palace Hotel, Childers * Palazzo Versace Australia * Parson's Inn * People's Palace, Brisbane *

Plough Inn Plough Inn is a heritage-listed hotel at South Bank Parklands, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Alexander Brown Wilson and built in 1885 by contractor Abraham James. In 1922, it was extended to a desi ...

* Port Office Hotel * Post Office Hotel, Maryborough * Prince Consort Hotel * Quartz Hill Coach Change Station *

Queen's Hotel, Townsville Queen's Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 12 The Strand, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1902 to 1920s. It is also known as the Telecasters North Queensland Ltd Building. It was added to t ...

* 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 may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Ro ...

* 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 Reef Hotel Casino or Pullman Reef Hotel Casino is the only casino in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The hotel has 128 hotel rooms and is jointly owned by Casinos Austria, Casinos Austria International Limited and Accor, Accor Casino Investm ...

The Star Gold Coast The Star Gold Coast (formerly Jupiters Hotel and Casino) is an integrated resort located in the suburb of Broadbeach, Queensland, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The casino, which was Queensland's ...

* 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 The Treasury Casino, also simply known as The Treasury, was a casino in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It also had a hotel, 6 restaurants, 5 Bar (establishment), bars, and a nightclub. The casino was operated by Star Entertainment Group. It ...

* 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 * Owen Arms Hotel

Tasmania

The Bush Inn, Tasmania The Bush Inn is an Australian pub and hotel located in the Derwent Valley township of New Norfolk, Tasmania. It is one of the oldest pubs in Australia, and is thought by some to be the oldest continuously operating pub in Australia. The esta ...

* Hope and Anchor Tavern * The Deloraine Hotel

Victoria

* Carlton Inn, Melbourne *

Corner Hotel, Richmond The Corner Hotel in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, 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.Johns ...

* 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 * Elphinstone Hotel 3448 * Greendale Hotel – Greendale 3341 * Prince of Wales Hotel, St Kilda * Punters Club * Old White Hart Hotel, Spring St, Melbourne (defunct) * Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville *

Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo The Shamrock Hotel, currently trading as Hotel Shamrock, is a grand 19th-century hotel in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, situated on Pall Mall, the city's main street. The current Shamrock building is a major landmark of Bendigo and is of his ...

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

* Tudor Inn, Cheltenham * Young & Jackson

Western Australia

Exchange Hotel, Kalgoorlie ''For other hotels named Exchange Hotel, see Exchange Hotel.'' The Exchange Hotel is a historic landmark hotel in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Location The hotel is located on the corner of Hannan Street and Maritana Street in Kalgoorlie.

* Federal Hotel, Fremantle *

Melbourne Hotel The Melbourne Hotel is a heritage listed landmark hotel in Perth, Western Australia. The hotel is located on the corner of Hay Street and Milligan Street.

* Palace Hotel, Perth * Parkerville Tavern, Perth * Railway Hotel, Perth * Raffles Hotel, Perth * Royal Hotel, Perth * Sail and Anchor Hotel * Freemasons Tavern, Beverley

Fictional

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in Cunderdin File:NindigullyPub.JPG, The

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 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

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

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