George & York Street
1833 John Hill, Sydney Arms, York Street
Independent, 19 January 1833
Independent, 23 March 1833
George Street
Bird in Hand (4) – Shamrock – Victoria (4)
Brisbane & George Streets
81 Elizabeth Street
81 Elizabeth St, Match 2016
Formerly Half-Moon
1845 Adam Yates, Bird in Hand, George Street
1846 Patrick Cunningham, Bird in Hand, George Street
1847 Daniel O’Donell, Bird in Hand, Elizabeth Street
1848 William Grosvenor, Bird in Hand, Elizabeth Street
1850-54 George Summers, Bird-in-hand, Elizabeth Street
1854-57 John Bailey, Bird-in-hand, Elizabeth Street
1857-60 James Spencer, Bird-in-Hand, Elizabeth Street
1861-62 Edward Spencer, Bird in Hand, Elizabeth Street
1863-64 Richard Gee, Bird in Hand, Elizabeth Street
1865 Jeremiah Foley, Bird in Hand, Elizabeth Street
1865 Jeremiah Foley, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1867 John Tynan, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1870 Thomas Woods, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1871 Elizabeth Woods, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1871 Frederick Hollingsworth, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1883 John White, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1883-84 John Clydesdale, Shamrock Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1884 John Clydesdale, Victoria Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1885-86 Charles Dalwood, Victoria Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1887-95 Michael Lawler, Victoria Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1895+ Elizabeth Jessamine Lawler, Victoria Hotel, Elizabeth Street
Known as Burnie Hotel from 1909-1919. Seems to have been last licensed in 1919. In 1924 it was converted to a Trades Hall.
Horse and Groom
NE corner of Brisbane and George Streets
1837 Philip Davis
George St, with Brisbane St corner, 2016.
Previously Rose and Thistle, then the Horse and Groom, then occupied by Thomas Dudley as the Verandah Wine Vaults and then the Union Inn, under Nicholas Clarke.
Union Inn–Royal Exchange Hotel
George Street
Cnr George and Brisbane St
West side of George St
George St, with Brisbane St corner, 2016.
In 1840, the Union Inn was on the NE corner of the George and Brisbane Streets intersection. Prior to this, the site was occupied by the Rose & Thistle, Horse & Groom and Verandah Wine Vaults, so the Union must have been elsewhere along George Street at this time. (Was it the house on the corner of Paterson and George Streets?) By the 1870s, it has moved to the western side of George Street. (Not to be confused with the Union Club Hotel, which was the name of the hotel on the corner of George and York Street in the mid-20th Century.)
1830-38 William Milne, Union, George Street
1839-43 Nicholas Clarke, Union, George & Brisbane Streets
1844-46 James Purselow, Union Inn, Brisbane & George Streets
1847-61 William Spearman, Union Inn, George Street
1862 James Boag, Union Inn, George Street
1863-65 Elijah Hedditch, Union Inn, George Street
1866-68 James Jordan, Union Hotel, George Street
1869-72 Frederick Jones, Union Inn, George Street
1873 James Ray, Union Inn/Royal Exchange, George Street
1874-80 James Ray, Royal Exchange, George Street
1881 Mary Jane Ray, Royal Exchange Hotel, George Street
1883 John McCaveston, Royal Exchange Hotel, George Street
1883 Mary Jane M’Caveston (formerly Ray), Ray’s Royal Exchange Hotel, George Street
1884 Mary Ann M’Caveston, Royal Exchange Hotel, George Street
1885 Thomas Crawford, Ray’s Royal Exchange Hotel, George Street
1886-88 John Edwards, Royal (Exchange) Hotel, George Street
1889-94 John Allan, (Royal) Exchange Hotel, George Street
1895-97 John Polley, (Royal) Exchange Hotel, George Street
1898+ Michael James Corcoran, Exchange Hotel, George Street, also known as the Royal Hotel.
George St, west side. The Royal is the big grey building.
Union Public House
Paterson & George Streets.
Launceston Advertiser, 11 May 1829
I’ve found no other mention of this house, nor any mention of Henderson or Jackson as having licensed premises.
Rising Sun (1) – Barley Sheaf
1829–30 John Knight, Rising Sun, George Street
1831-82 Thomas Adams, Barley Sheaf, George Street
1834-35 Thomas Dudley, Rising Sun, George Street
Independent, 15 June 1833
Independent, 27 July 1833
By May 1834, this is no longer licensed premises.
Launceston Advertiser, 15 May 1834
In 1860 this appears, which might or might not be the same place:
The Rising Sun.
Mr John Bedford applied for a license to a house in George-street above Dr. Maddox’s buildings, which had been formerly licensed by the name of the “Rising Sun.” The Superintendent of police said the premises had been occupied for some time by the lowest class in the community, and were not in a fit state for occupation as licensed premises. In reply to Mr Bartley, he said he believed that a license to the premises would be an evil in the neighbourhood, and there was no necessity for the license, as there were five other licensed houses in that immediate vicinity. Mr Knight, the landlord of the premises, addressed the Bench, and said the house had formerly been kept respectably until the person who kept it look out a brewer’s license and left it ; since which it had become dilapidated, but he had repaired and improved it to make it suitable for a licensed house. He could have let it as a board and lodging house, but kept it vacant expecting to get the license back to it. Application refused on the grounds of the premises being unsuitable, — no necessity for a public house in the neighbourhood and on general grounds.
Cornwall Chronicle, 8 February 1860
Globe (4)
NE cnr George and Cimitiere Streets. Google Maps.
Built 1882. Currently Lloyd’s Hotel.
Also known as Sharpe’s Family Hotel & Globe Family Hotel.
1882-1885 John Edwards, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1886 William Sydney Monks, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1887 Thomas John Strong, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1887 Robert Earl, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1889 Frederick Holloway, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1889 Alfred Edwards, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1890 Elizabeth Ann Edwards, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere Streets
1891-92 John William Holloway, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere streets
1893-95 John Philip Sharpe, Sharpe’s Family Hotel, George Street
1896 Lillian Phillips, Globe Hotel, George and Cimitiere streets
1897-99 John William Holloway, Globe Family Hotel
Cross Keys Inn – Railway Tavern
Cnr of George and Cimitiere Streets, possibly north-east corner. Google Maps.
Southern side of York St, between Bathurst & Wellington Streets. Google Maps, approximate location
1829–30 James Anderson, Cross Keys, George Street
1831- Abraham Lenoy, Cross Keys, George Street
1832-36 Mary Lenoy, Cross Keys, George Street
1837-48 William Brean, Cross Keys, York St
1849 Robert Blake, Cross Keys, York Street
1850-51 Henry Mills, Cross Keys, York Street
1852 Abel Blades, Cross Keys, York Street
1853 James Lewis, Cross Keys, York Street
1856 John West, Cross Keys, York Street
1858 John Partridge, Cross Keys, York Street
1859-62 William Jones, Cross Keys, York Street
1862 Job Haycock, Cross Keys, York Street
1863-67 Edward Spencer, Railway Tavern, York Street
1868-70 William Darcy, Railway Tavern , York Street
1870 George Butterworth, Railway Tavern, York Street
1871 Licence Refused
Intersection of Cimitiere and George Sts. (Left side is the north-east corner.)
Joiners’ Arms
Cameron St
cnr George & Brisbane Sts
Later Half Moon Inn
1831 William Evans, Joiners’ Arms, Cameron-street
1832-33 David Williams, Joiner’s Arms, George and Brisbane streets.
Launceston Advertiser, 28 September 1831
Launceston Advertiser, 21 November 1833
Launceston Advertiser, 12 March 1835
Change of occupier and name to the Half-moon Inn
Launceston Advertiser, 8 October 1835
Half Moon
George Street
Corner of George and Brisbane Street
George & Brisbane St site previously Joiner’s Arms.
1834 John Reece, Half Moon, [George Street] Launceston
1835 John Reece, Half Moon, [George and] Brisbane Streets
1835 Hannah Reece, Half Moon Inn, Launceston
1836 Henry Reading, Half Moon, George [and Brisbane] Streets
1836 George Williams, Half Moon
1836-40 Thomas Faro, Half Moon, George [and Brisbane] Streets
Later licensed as Bird in Hand.
Launceston Advertiser, 12 March 1835
Launceston Advertiser, 8 October 1835