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Newmarket Hotel
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Newmarket Hotel in 2012
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Newmarket Hotel
Location of the Newmarket Hotel in Perth, Western Australia
General information
Type Australian pub
Location Hamilton Hill, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°04′32″S115°45′41″E / 32.07556°S 115.76139°E / -32.07556; 115.76139 (Newmarket Hotel)
Designated7 September 2006
Reference no. 504

Newmarket Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel in Hamilton Hill, Western Australia. Located at the corner of Rockingham and Cockburn roads, it was built in 1912, and operated as a hotel until the late 1990s.

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The hotel has sometimes been referred to as being in South Fremantle, [1] [2] and at other time in Hamilton Hill. [3] [4] It was often chosen as a terminus for cycling events, [5] was named as a tram line extension, [6] [7] and was a local focal point for the horse racing industry. [8] The hotel was a filming location in the 1991 cult film Black Neon. [9]

Change in lease and management were regular during its operational years. [10] After being vacant for 18 years, it was renovated and reopened in 2017 as Hamilton House, a dance studio for the Swan River Ballet school. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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