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The Canterbury Inn in Tasmania was ...located about halfway between Brisbane and Patrick streets, on the Western side of Elizabeth street. It was listed in 1826 as the Somerset Arms, then renamed by 1835 as The Canterbury Inn. One of the better known owners was Joseph Moir, recognised for his role in developing the Shot Tower at Taroona. Source: Dennison, C. J.: Here's Cheers: A Pictorial History of Hotels, Taverns and Inns in Hobart; HCC, 2008.

The Inn was the subject of controversy over the years, particularly at times of license transfers and ownership changes. In 1874 a Mr. Daly sought to transfer the license to a Mr. Sparagrove but this was refused on the grounds that the proposed licensee was not suitable, (The Tasmanian Tribune 14 Oct 1874) and in 1908 a Mrs. Clara Thureau who owned the Inn ended up in a legal dispute over the settlement. ( The Mercury 13 Jun 1908)

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A number of hotels were called the Coach and Horses in Tasmania. Nicholas Augustus Woods had an establishment by that name in Oatlands in the mid 1800s. Source: "COUNTRY LICENSING MEETINGS." The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) 5 Dec 1864: 2. Web. 4 Jan 2014; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8829851. A Mr. H. Evans was also the proprietor of a hotel with that name on the corner of Charles and Patterson streets in Launceston in the early 1900s. Source: "HOTEL IMPROVEMENTS." Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) 13 Oct 1905: 6 Edition: DAILY.. Web. 8 Jan 2014; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38802821.

The Dallas Arms hotel was in Hobart, Tasmania. According to Colin Dennison, the Dallas Arms "...located on the eastern side of Elizabeth street, a couple of doors north of Burnett street ... opened in 1827 and was owned by the Davis family." Source: Dennison, C. J.: Here's Cheers: A Pictorial History of Hotels, Taverns and Inns in Hobart; HCC, 2008. William Bunster purchased the building at public auction in July 1834. The Allan family purchased the license for the Inn in 1844 and operated it until the early 1900s.

The Dorchester Butt in Hobart, Tasmania, began life as the Dolphin in 1820 but was renamed the Dorchester Butt in 1834. It was later changed yet again to the Sir John Falstaff until in 1868 it became a private residence. In 1890 it assumed the name we know it as today, the Theatre Royal Hotel, although the building was demolished and rebuilt in 1904. Source: Dennison, C. J.: Here's Cheers: A Pictorial History of Hotels, Taverns and Inns in Hobart; HCC, 2008. p. 154

The were at least two hotels using the name Duke of York, one located in Hobart on the corner of Argyle and Bathurst streets, the other in Battery Point in Hampden Road, both in Tasmania. According to Colin Dennison, discussing the Hobart hotel, Shadowy dealings of some kind are linked to this hotel, which opened as the Kensington Inn in 1837... The name was changed to Duke of York Hotel in the early 1900s, but its license was suspended in 1916, as a result of a royal commission. The hotel had traded for almost seven decades. Source: Dennison, C. J.: Here's Cheers: A Pictorial History of Hotels, Taverns and Inns in Hobart; HCC, 2008; p. 135. The Duke of York in Hampden Road, Battery Point was known to be trading in the mid 1850s. Source: The Hobarton Mercury Wednesday 10 December 1856

"Up and down the city road. In and out the Eagle." The Eagle Tavern in Hindley street is probably as well known in Adelaide as that old couplet, and as many people must have patronised the hostelry as have whistled the tune that parrots are always taught. There are men who walk into the Eagle to-day who remember it 30 years ago. It was a great place of call, and a most popular hotel for people to stay at in the early days. The last man who will have charge of the Eagle is Mr. C. Cocks, who not long ago kept the Halfway House, on the Bay road. The ancient tavern is to he pulled down, and the South-Australian Company, who have a building lease, intend to erect a commodious hotel on the old site. The man who is best remembered at the Eagle is Mr. McKenzie, who was land lord for many years. His daughter married Mr. Rooney, who also had the house. The old timers are wont to talk about how they dropped into the Eagle in the fifties. If the place could speak it could tell some wonderful tales. In the stables at the rear Mr. E. G. Blackmore kept Lancelot, who was ridden by the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon in the first Hunt Club Cup, won by Gipsy Girl. Mullin's Lightfoot was also stabled there, and likewise Davis's Star, who fell in the Adelaide Cup which was won by Aldinga. Source: THE EAGLE TAVERN - The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) 14 Jan 1903: p4

The Edinburgh Castle "...on the south-western corner of Harrington and Bathurst streets...began life as the Tavistock, but by 1824 the name had changed to Waterloo and then later to the Edinburgh Castle....It lasted until 1860 when it closed its doors for the last time." Source: Dennison, C. J.: Here's Cheers: A Pictorial History of Hotels, Taverns and Inns in Hobart; HCC, 2008; p. 237

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