Elizabeth Street

NW cnr Wellington & Elizabeth Streets. Google Maps.

(Note:Sometimes referred to as George and Dragon, not to be confused with George and Dragon in Charles Street which was also licensed in the early 1840s)

Might have been previously licensed as Queen’s Head and King’s Arms

The George Inn was previously in St John Street. I’m not sure when it moved. At the annual licensing meeting in
1839 it is in St John Street. In 1840 no location is given. On 6 February 1841 (see first advertisement below) is in Wellington St

1840 John Gardiner Thomas, George Inn, Launceston
1841-46 John Gardiner Thomas, George Inn*, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1846 Esther Thomas, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1847-48 Thomas Fuller, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1849 Thomas Fuller, St. George, Elizabeth and Wellington-streets
1850-54 Thomas Fuller, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1855 George Summers, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1856-58 James Hulton, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth-streets,
1858-60 Eliza Hulton, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1860 Charles Fuller, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1861-1870 Patrick Rice, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1871-74 Mary Rice, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1874-77 Samuel Carey, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1877 James O’Keefe, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1877-84 John Maloney, George Inn, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1885-87 John Maloney, Rose of Australia, Wellington and Elizabeth streets
1887-95 Vincent Warrington, Rose of Australia, Wellington & Elizabeth Streets
1896 Dawson, Alexander, Rose of Australia, Wellington and Elizabeth streets.
1897-99 Alexander Dawson British Hotel, Wellington and Elizabeth streets.

*In 1843 and 1845 licensing lists in the newspaper have this as Queen’s Head. In 1884, it appears as both George Inn and Queen’s Head

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