Regatta Hotel, Brisbane

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The Regatta Hotel, viewed from Coronation Drive

The Regatta Hotel is an historic hotel located on the corner of Coronation Drive and Sylvan Road in Brisbane, Australia. It is located in the suburb of Toowong and faces the Brisbane River. The three storey hotel contained accommodation on the upper two floors and a public bar and lounge area on the ground floor. The pub has been progressively renovated between 2001-2004 and converted into trendy modern bars and nightclubs. The pub is famous for a protest which took place in the public bar in 1965 when Merle Thornton (mother of Australian actress Sigrid Thornton) and another woman chained themselves to the bar in protest of public bars in Queensland being restricted to men only.

The first hotel was established on the site in 1874. The present building was erected in 1886. It was designed by Richard Gailey. The hotel was refurbished in 1981. The Regatta Hotel is classified by the National Trust of Queensland and was entered in the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992. The Regatta Hotel has also been entered into the Register of the National Estate of Australian Heritage Commission.