Albion Imperial Hotel

For other Albion Hotels, see Albion Hotel.

Albion Imperial Hotel

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History
Town	Ballarat
Street	Armstrong Street
Known dates	1882-1884

The Albion Imperial Hotel was a hotel in Ballarat, Victoria, <1883-1884.

Site

The Albion Imperial Hotel was on the west side of Armstrong Street, between Sturt Street and Dana Street. Hargreaves wrote that it was later named the National Hotel, and then the Grand National Hotel, however an advertisement in September 1884 makes it clear that James Dwyer moved the business into the larger Phoenix Coffee Palace, and renamed it the National Hotel. This site is probably now in the Central Square Shopping Centre.

Community Involvement

In July 1883 the publican was involved in assisting with supporting a widow and her six children:

THANKS. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—I beg through your columns to return thanks to the members of the Ballarat Imperial and Albion Imperial Football Clubs for their services in playing a match on the 14th inst., on the Western-Oval for the benefit of me and my six orphans, which resulted in the sum of £l4 17s, for our relief, and also to Mr James Dwyer, Albion Imperial hotel; Armstrong street, for the great interest he has taken on our behalf. Ellen Walsh, widow of the late John Walsh, Redan, Ballarat, 19th July, 1883.

The People

• In 1882-1884 the publican was James Dwyer.

See also

• National Hotel
• Grand National Hotel
• Andrews' Coffee Palace