Melbourne Street | |
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  Southwest end Northeast end | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Location | North Adelaide |
| Length | 1.3 km (0.8 mi) [1] |
| Major junctions | |
| Southwest end | Sir Edwin Smith Avenue North Adelaide |
| Brougham Place | |
| Northeast end |  Park RoadMann RoadNorth Adelaide |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | City of Adelaide |
Melbourne Street is a street situated in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide, [2] South Australia.
Melbourne Street is the main commercial area of the second-largest of the three grids that comprise North Adelaide. It was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (after whom Melbourne is also named), who was British Prime Minister when the South Australia Foundation Act received parliamentary approval. [3]
Melbourne Street is bracketed by Brougham Place and Mann Road and runs in a north-easterly direction. It principally consists of cafes, restaurants, boutique businesses, and retail shops. The street also contains many colonial-era buildings.
It was a very vibrant place in the 1980s, attracting crowds of people with the first leather shop in Adelaide and high-end restaurants, but as the street layouts were changed and more traffic started flowing through the street, the shoppers diminished. Although the businesses are still there, it was much quieter by the 2010s. [4]
The David Roche Foundation Museum is housed in Fermoy House, the former home (from 1954 to 2013) of collector David Roche AM (1930–2013). [5] Today it is run as a museum and hosts exhibitions, such as the S.H. Ervin Gallery's 2021 Salon des Refusés exhibition (the alternative Archibald and Wynne Prize selections), [6] [7] and Australian Toys 1880–1965: The Luke Jones Collection (2024) [8]
Other attractions and events taking place in Melbourne Street, including: [9]
Two of the well-known buildings on the street are The Lion Hotel, which was built as part of a brewery and is now a fashionable public house, and Buffalo Cottage, which was built in 1851. St Ann's College is also located nearby.
The heritage-listed Lion Hotel is located at 161-175 Melbourne Street on its corner with Jerningham Street. [11] The Lion's malthouse, kiln, and store cellars were built for Bailey and Stanley, and designed by well-known architect Daniel Garlick, and are of a similar design to design to his design of what is now [12] the Knappstein Enterprise Winery. [13] in Clare. The builders were Brown and Thompson, who used Glen Osmond bluestone for the construction, mostly completed by 1872. Alterations were carried out in 1873 and 1875 to designs by James Cumming [lower-alpha 1] , who also then designed the current hotel building, which was completed around 1883. [12] The hotel obtained its first licence for serving liquor in 1881. [15]
Original co-owner Bailey sold his share to W.H. Beaglehole in 1873, resulting in the operating partners then being Beaglehole, Johnston, James, and Gasquoine. [12] In 1884 Beaglehole organised formation of the Lion Brewing and Malting Company and was elected chairman of directors. [16] In 1888 the Lion Brewing and Malting Company was floated by Beaglehole and Johnston. Beaglehole, along with Johnston senior and his sons James and Andrew thus secured the brewing, hotel, and property rights of the company, issuing 75,000 shares of one pound each. [17]
After 1914, beer was supplied to the hotel by Walkerville Cooperative Brewing Co., and the brewing section of the Lion complex ceased production, although it continued to produce aerated waters and cordials. [12]
The hotel was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 11 September 1986. [11] In 1972 it was renamed The Old Lion, a name it retained until after 1996, when it reverted to The Lion Hotel after undertaking renovations by its new owners Tim Gregg and Andrew Svencis. [18]
As The Old Lion, the pub hosted live music. In May 1974, during a rehearsal at the hotel, Bon Scott had a huge argument with a member of his band AC/DC. After storming out, he was in a collision with a car on his Suzuki 550 motorbike, which left him in a coma for three days. [19] Midnight Oil's 1982 performance at the hotel was captured on their CD Live at the Old Lion, Adelaide, 1982 . [20] Several tracks of Diesel's 1993 album The Lobbyist were recorded at the Old Lion. [21]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the hotel was forced to close for some months, and was afterwards purchased by the Duxton Pubs Group, [22] who were still the owners in December 2023. [18]
Abbotsford is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km (1.2 mi) north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Abbotsford recorded a population of 9,088 at the 2021 census.
North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east–west along the northern edge of "the square mile". The western end continues on to Port Road and the eastern end continues across the Adelaide Parklands as Botanic Road.
Spring Street is a major street in the Melbourne central business district, Australia. It runs roughly north-south and is the easternmost street in the original 1837 Hoddle Grid.
Tooth and Co was the major brewer of beer in New South Wales, Australia. The company owned a large brewery on Broadway in Sydney from 1835 to 1985, known as the Kent Brewery. It was historically one of Australia's oldest companies, having been established as a partnership in 1835. The brand was revived in 2015.
Australian non-residential architectural styles are a set of Australian architectural styles that apply to buildings used for purposes other than residence and have been around only since the first colonial government buildings of early European settlement of Australia in 1788.
The South Australian Brewing Company, Limited was a brewery located in Thebarton, an inner-west suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Lion, which in turn is owned by Kirin, a Japan-based beverage company. It manufactures West End Draught beer.
Edmund William Wright was a London-born architect in the colony of South Australia. He was mayor of Adelaide for 10 months in 1859. He designed many civic, commercial, ecclesiastical, and residential buildings in Adelaide city centre and its suburbs, in styles influenced by French and Italian Renaissance, as well as Neoclassical architecture. He collaborated with other notable architects E. J. Woods, Isidor Beaver, and Edward Hamilton in designing some of the most notable buildings.
The Malt Shovel Brewery is an Australian brewery owned by Lion, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Kirin. It is located in Camperdown, New South Wales. Malt Shovel is best known for its James Squire range of beers. The beer is named after the convict turned Australia's first brewer James Squire, who also went on to grow Australia's first hops and is said to have created Australia's first commercial brewery.
Grenfell Street is a major street in the north-east quarter of the Adelaide city centre, South Australia. The street runs west-east from King William Street to East Terrace. Its intersection with Pulteney Street is formed by Hindmarsh Square. On the west side of King William Street, it continues as Currie Street towards West Terrace.
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. Laid out in a grid plan in three sections by Colonel William Light in 1837, the suburb contains many grand old mansions.
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William Knox Simms was a brewer, businessman and politician in the early days of South Australia.
Isidor George Beaver, sometimes misspelt "Isidore" and "Beevor", and frequently initialised as "J. G. Beaver", was an architect from England who had a substantial career in Adelaide, South Australia and Melbourne, Victoria. He was also significant in the early history of ice skating in Australia.
William Henry Beaglehole was an early settler in the colony of South Australia, who became a businessman and served in public office.
Arthur Chapman was a businessman in Adelaide, South Australia, closely associated with the Theatre Royal, Adelaide.
Edgar Chapman was a brewer and businessman in Adelaide, South Australia, closely associated with the Theatre Royal.
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The Crown & Anchor Hotel, affectionately known as The Cranker, is a pub in Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia, known for its longstanding live music scene. The current building was designed by noted colonial architect, former mayor of Adelaide, and parliamentarian Thomas English and built in 1879, but it was extensively remodelled and extended in 1928 to designs by Milne, Evans, and Russell. As of April 2024 there are plans for multi-storey accommodation on the block, and only the facade is protected by local heritage listing.
Frank Kenneth Milne, usually referred to as F. Kenneth Milne, was an Australian architect based in Adelaide, South Australia. He was regarded as one of the leading architects in the state in 1920, and continued to design buildings even in retirement. He went into partnership with a series of other architects over the course of his career, including John Richard Schomburgk Evans, Charles Alexander Russell, and Rolfe Vernon Boehm. He is also known for his work as a cinema architect, having been the appointed architect for Ozone Theatres in the 1930s.
The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the Heritage of the City ofAdelaide: An Illustrated Guide, (1996).
