I need some info about Melbourne History....

[janeababe]

How do I find out...OR... who should i ask in regards to seeking some info about the history of a pub in Melbourne?

(I am in NSW)

I want to know the name of the pub who was first allowed to legally trade after 12MN. I dont have any dates/or the year and i dont know the trading name of the pub.

...and I dont even know where to start looking.

Cheers  ... and... thanx folks 🙂

[punch*drunk]

You can find historical stuff on Trove (old newspapers) or PROV.

Is 12MN midnight? Not sure if youll get the answer to that question on either of those, you might be better off contacting PROV rather than trying their website, its not very user friendly. They may have the answer though.

[punch*drunk]

Not sure if the link will work, but this is a newspaper article where publicans are trying to get liquor licenses for up to 1am but it doesnt sound like they've been successful yet. Its from 1954, thats the limit that Trove goes to with old papers, but it gives a starting point.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/23426990?searchTerm=hotel license after AND (midnight, OR 12...

[punch*drunk]

😮 how did that happen to the link? I think it works if you just click on the top bit.

[j*oono]

I couldn't help but have a google myself.  Sorry, no answer, but I found this great blog about Melbourne pubs.  Maybe if you contact them they might be able to help you.

http://melbournepubculture.com/

[kopenhagen5]

I would contact The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation.

1300 182 457

[janeababe]

Thanx heaps folks....
I bought an old old old artical from a garage sale. Young grandkids selling off grandads old stuff.

He said its history was that it hang on the wall of a pub in Melbourne which was granted the First 12 midnight trading licence. Thats all he knew, so im trying to prove or disprove it somehow.

When i learn how to post pics, I will post one here. Its a wonderful old leather covered crest with cross swords. The leather is perishing, and I just LOVE IT! 🙂

cya and thank you 🙂

[punch*drunk]

If thats the case Jane, you'll be looking for the first pub to trade until midnight, wouldnt you? Not after midnight.

Didnt pubs used to close about 6pm?

[joz*garage]

im guessing the old melborne hotel

[debra9275]

I'm wondering  if the 1st pub to get a late trading license was Young & Jacksons? Home of the famous Chloe painting.

& as Punch  has already mentioned, it was  a 6 o'clock close for most Melbourne pubs up until about  the sixties I think