Pacific Hotel

Pacific Hotel

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History
Town	Ballarat
Street	Cnr. Eyre and Errard Streets
Known dates	1858-1873

The Pacific Hotel was a hotel in Ballarat, Victoria, <1858-1873>.

Site

The Pacific Hotel was in Eyre Street. The Star places it on the corner of Dana Street, but this is not possible as the two streets are parallel and do not intersect. The 1861 mining map is not clear, but indicate the hotel was on the north west corner of Eyre Street and Errard Street. In 1864 a newspaper ad gives the address at the corner of Eyre and Errard Streets. A newspaper reference in 1868 gives the address as Eyre Street..

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History

The hotel was offered for sale in September 1864:

PACIFIC HOTEL. CORNER OF EYRE AND ERRARD STREETS. J. S. CARVER has been instructed by Messrs Shiers and Main, who are retiring from a very profitable business, to offer for sale by TENDER, That well-known and long established house THE PACIFIC HOTEL. The Pacific Hotel is acknowledged to be the second best paying house in Ballarat, and can be conducted at a trifling expense. It is erected on a quarter acre allotment and has every convenience, such as bathhouse, stabling, piggery, fowl house, and a 3000 gallon brick tank that affords an ample supply of water during the driest season. The Soho Foundry, where from 60 to 100 men are generally employed, is directly opposite the house, and all the best dividend paying claims, such as the Cosmopolitan, Koh-i-Noor, Great Extended, Band of Hope, &c, are within a few minutes' walk. Stock and furniture to be taken at a valuation, and the terms will be half cash, and the remainder at three months. Tenders for the above to be forwarded to the Auctioneer on or before Saturday, 1st October. JOHN S. CARVER, Eldon Chambers, Ballarat.

Community Involvement

Inquests

• March 1867 - the inquest into the death of Ballarat businessman, J. S. Carver, was moved from the hotel to the Cosmopolitan Hotel when the room proved to be too small for the crowd.

The People

• In 1858-1866 the publican was David G. Main. He did not appear at the licensing hearing in June 1863, and his hearing was postponed for one week. License granted 19 June 1863.
• On 10 October 1868, Mrs. Edward Jones gave birth to a son at the hotel.
• In December 1873 the license was granted to Edward Jones.