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Updated 17.11.10 |
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(Much of this information was drawn from Cattlemen to
Commuters, Coles Hotel Collection and the Argus
Newspaper)
| NAME | LOCATION | MELWAY | NOTES (Owner / Licensee) |
| Notting Hill Hotel | SE corner of Ferntree Gully & Gardiner Rds. | 70E8 | Opened as a licensed Grocery Store (and
Bakery) by T G Wilkinson who also operated a coaching run
along FTG Rd. It became the Halfway House Hotel in 1870.
In Sep 1891 the present rendered brick building of 19
rooms was completed. 1884 T. Wilkinson 1887 J. Whitty Licensee 1888-89 J. Murphy 1890-94 P.H. Mundell 1900 H. Hart 1903 Mrs H. Henley 1904-06 Mrs Ruth Henley 1907-13 Robert Lang 1914 Reg B. Dyer 1915 W.B. Sleith 1917 Mary Scott 1918 Annette Crombie 1919 Thomas Young 1921 Thomas Lindsay 1925 Percival Morris 1926 Gertrude Everett 1927 Nathaniel Gordon |
| Mountain View Hotel | NE corner of High Street & Springvale Rds. | 62D12 | Opened 1874 with J.B. Allen as Licensee 1878-80 John O'Brien 1882-88 Thomas Moylan 1893-95 Heweth (then 1898-1899) 1895 Thomas Moylan 1903-06 P Linstedt 1907-1914 William Nelson |
| Wheelers Hill Hotel | NE corner Ferntree Gully & Lum Rds. | 71J9 | Opened in 1869 as the Mulgrave Post
Office Hotel by George Scott. 1876 Ann (Stott) Freeman 1877-81 Roland Freeman 1882 Thomas Wilkinson 1883 George Bassett 1884 George Sands 1885-1890 Mrs Day 1891-92 Jessie Gessner 1903-11 Frederick Gessner 1912-13 Frederick Peebles 1919 Isobel Geary 1920 Mary Geary 1921 E. Quosdorf 1922 P. Butler 1923 Annie Henderson 1924 S. Jackwigle 1926 A.J. Knight 1927 Alma Rowe |
| Springvale Hotel | NW corner of Princes Hwy & Springvale Rds. | 80A4 | Opened 2.10.1857 with Mathew Bergin
Licensee 1867-78 Catherine Bergin 1879 S.W. Bennett 1880 Charles Atkinson 1881 G.H. Benson 1882 Patrick Maloney 1883-88 John Brettargh 1895 George Barclay |
| Monash Hotel | Princes Hwy Clayton. | 79H1 | Opened ? |
| Matthew Flinders Hotel | SE corner Warrigal & Batesford Rds. | 69G1 | Opened ? |
| Cheshire Cheese Hotel (Original licence application referred to the View Mount Hotel) |
NW corner of Ferntree Gully & Lum Rds | 28.1.1867 Robert Wolstenholme applies for
a licence for his home to be known as the View Mount
Hotel. Opened 25.11.1868 with Robert Wolstenholme Licensee on 160 acres 1873 Joseph Gibson Licensee 1877-84 John Guest Delicensed in 1885. 1888-1895 John Brown In 1893/4 it was renamed the George Cotter Temperance* Hotel. |
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| Family / Harmony/ Australian Hotel | High Street Rd (Near Gardiners Creek) |
60H10 | Opened in 1856 and operated through to
1865 as a family hotel by Henry Mitchell. Taken over by
John Clousen and son in law in 1865 and renamed the
Harmony and then the Australian Hotel. 1875-77 Caroline King (widow of John Clouson) Licensee. |
| United States Hotel | On the S side of Waverley Rd about 300m west of what is now Huntingdale Rd | 69K3 | Licensed on 12 June 1868 by John Southon.
The Hotel, fruit garden and vineyard on 10 acres went up
for an unreserved Mortgagee's auction on 15.8.1871. 1873 Michael Hoban became licensee and changed the name to the Waverley (Arms?) Hotel. In about 1877 it became Croft's Temperance* Hotel. 1878-1882 Francis Bolch Licensee 1884 P. Bolch The building was demolished in 1917. |
| Tally Ho Hotel | SW corner of Highbury & Blackburn Rds. | 61K9 | Opened /licensed 1871 by Frederick Jones
for premises next to his store and Post Office. 1884 J Jones Delicensed* after 1885 although the store and PO remained. Re-licensed by Alexander Hunter in 1890. From 1912-16 the hotel was operated by the Watson family. |
| Pig & Whistle | NE corner of Warrigal & High Street Rds | 60G10 | Opened ? Renamed Whites Hotel? |
| Hotel Ibis | SW corner Kingsway & Springvale Rd | 71C3 | Opened 2008 |
| Foresters Arms | NW corner Princes Hwy & Drummond St | 69G6 | Licensed 1.7.1864, William Braithwaite
Licensee 1879 Joseph Edwards 1881 Mrs Frances S Edwards 1883-87 Robert Trail 1888-89 W.H. Gregory 1890-91 Mrs Frances S Edwards 1895 J. Edwards |
| Oakleigh Hotel | NW corner Princes Hwy & Atkinson St | 69G6 | Opened pre 1854? |
| Novatel | Nth of Monash Civic Centre on Springvale Rd | 71C3 | Opened ? |
| Village Green Hotel | SW corner of Springvale & Ferntree Gully Rds. | 71B9 | Opened 9.6.1965 |
| Mulgrave Arms Hotel | South side of Princes Hwy (Oakleigh Motel now occupies the site) | 70B10 | Opened pre 1854?, Thomas Irwin Licensee 1885 S Irwin Used as the office of the Oakleigh Shire Roads Board and the venue for Shire Council meetings for many years. Irwin operated a quarry just east of the site - now the playing field. |
| Junction Hotel | Portman & Little Hanover Sts | 69F8 | Opened May 1889, Jack Munday Licensee 1902 John Leith 1938 ? Leith (son) |
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*Note that the Hotel Licensing Act of 1885 required that hotel licences be issued in proportion to the needs of the population.
It should be understood that there were two kinds of hotels - Licensed Hotels that sold alcohol, and Temperance Hotels that did not - they provided accommodation and meals, stabling, groceries, etc. Even though the words "Temperance Hotel" were clearly emblazoned on several such buildings, this was not really their name. Patrons would have referred to them either by the name of the licensee (eg Cotter's Temperance Hotel) or by their location, if not a specific name like Cheshire Cheese.