Riverview Hotel, Balmain

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Riverview Hotel
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Riverview Hotel in 2019
Riverview Hotel, Balmain
General information
Type Australian pub
Location29 Birchgrove Road, Balmain, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 33°51′18″S151°10′31″E / 33.854908°S 151.175323°E / -33.854908; 151.175323
Opened1880 (1880)
Website
https://www.theriverviewhotel.com.au/

The Riverview Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located in Balmain, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Australian swimming champion, Dawn Fraser, was publican of the Riverview from 1978 to 1983.

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History

The Riverview Hotel was established in 1880. [1] Patrick Kearney was the licensee of the Tooheys pub in 1881. [2] In August 1887, Joseph Bergin took over the license from Herbert Edwards. [3] In December 1899, Bergin received permission from the water licensing court to change the hotel's name, [4] and it became known as Bergin's Hotel. He sold the license, lease, goodwill, and furniture to Tooth and Company in 1908 [5] after which it was again known as the Riverview Hotel from 1909. [6] In 1929, John Reay Palmer transferred his licence to Jack Richards May. [7] A year later the licence was transferred from William Tierney to John Rogers Walter, [8] while in 1936 Charles E. Davis took over from George Stanley Bettley as licensee. [9] David Joseph Cloughessy was proprietor in 1938. [10]

In late 2008, after renovation, it reopened. [11]

The Riverview Hotel is listed on the Inner West Council local government heritage register. The corner building was built in the Arts and Crafts style with distinctive brick work details. It was remodelled again c. 1909. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Riverview Hotel". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment . Retrieved 1 October 2021. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
  2. ↑ "Publicans and Brewers". The Sydney Daily Telegraph . No. 763. New South Wales, Australia. 17 December 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Water Police". Evening News. No. 6306. New South Wales, Australia. 5 August 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Water Licensing Court". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 19, 262. New South Wales, Australia. 7 December 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "The State Courts". The Daily Telegraph. No. 9437. New South Wales, Australia. 27 August 1909. p. 10. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Sailing". The Daily Telegraph. No. 9345. New South Wales, Australia. 12 May 1909. p. 13. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Licensing Court". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 28, 516. New South Wales, Australia. 28 May 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Hotel Transfers". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 28, 929. New South Wales, Australia. 23 September 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Licences Transferred". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 30, 666. New South Wales, Australia. 16 April 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Bitten by Dog". Truth. No. 2553. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1938. p. 29. Retrieved 2 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ Davidson, B; Hamey, K; Nicholls, D (1991). Called To The Bar - 150 Years of pubs in Balmain & Rozelle. The Balmain Association. ISBN   0-9599502-6-5.

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