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Built / licensed: 1857. Refurbished in 1885. Redesigned by Robert McIntyre and rebuilt in 1936. Renovated several times since.
Location: 299 High St, Kew.
Delicensed: c.1994. (Re-opened c.1998-2000)
Status of building: Licensed bottle shop.
Other names: Prospect View Hotel
Heritage Reviews / Conservation studies: City of Boroondara - Thematic Environmental History (March 2012) pp. 106, 107, 109, 122, 199
City of Kew Urban Conservation Study (1988) - Volume 2
Comments: In the 1970s and 1980s, it was a popular live music venue, hosting bands including Skyhooks, Mental as Anything, AC/DC, Midnight Oil, Men at Work, and Hunters and Collectors. The Cure played there on their first international tour of Melbourne in 1980.
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Poster for The Cure, playing at the Prospect Hill Hotel in August 1980. |
Around 1993/94, the building was renovated into a popular family restaurant. It was re-opened as the Prospect Hill Hotel around 1998-2000, but soon became a discount liquor store.
Licensees:
1858-61 - Daniel Litton Reed
1862-64 - John Ormond
1865/77 - Dennis Scanlon
Sept 1871 - W. B. Ellerket
1878/84 - John Kearney
1887/90 - Miss B. Hurley
1891 - William Cody
1895 - B. Cody
1948 - Horrie Clover
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