List of pubs in Australia

The Young and Jackson Hotel in Melbourne, Australia

This is a list of notable pubs in Australia. A pub (in Australia is an establishment performing many functions, often serving alcoholic beverages, meals, and providing basic accommodation.

The Australian pub is a direct descendant of the British and Irish pub. The production and consumption of alcoholic drinks has long played a key role in Western commerce and social activity, and this is reflected in the importance of pubs in the British colonisation of Australia after 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.

Pubs in Australia

Queensland

Melbourne

The Esplanade Hotel in Melbourne

Sydney

The Dry Dock Hotel is the oldest licensed pub in the suburb of Balmain in the Inner West of Sydney
The Sir William Wallace Hotel, circa 1930

Elsewhere

The Breakfast Creek Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel (pub) located in Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, Queensland

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Empress Hotel - Fitzroy North - Bars & Pubs - Time Out Melbourne
  2. ↑ Esplanade Hotel - Bar Reviews - Epicure - Entertainment - theage.com.au
  3. ↑ Evans Brown + Associates, Architects (2010). "The Heritage Hotel, Rockhampton". The Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved February 2014.