Hotels and publicans’ licences

What’s available physically?

These are the more significant records about publican licence records.
Publican’s licences are not available online. Please quote the references in brackets (for example TRE47) when seeking these records.

Statewide

• Certificates received from various local licensing courts about the fitness of applicants to hold public house licences, and approving their issue 1838-1853 (TRE47)
• Registers of applications for hotel licences 1881-1907, 1953-1958, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965-1976 (LC31)
• Register of hotel and public house licences issued 1919-1955 (TRE50)
• Applications for licences to sell liquor – Brighton, Clarence, Glamorgan, Green Ponds, Richmond, Sorell and Spring Bay 1828-1848, 1855 (LC449)
• Publicans recognisances – Brighton, Clarence, Glamorgan, Green Ponds, Richmond, Sorell and Spring Bay 1833-1848 (LC450)
• Minutes of Meetings of Justices to consider applications for public house licences – Brighton, Clarence, Glamorgan, Richmond, Spring Bay 1841-1856 (LC448)

Beaconsfield

• Record of meetings of the Licensing Court 1917-1931 (AB427)
• Applications for public house licences 1895-1896 (LC40)
• Butts of certificates of transfer of licensed premises 1905-1932 (LC41)
• Butts of hotel licences issued 1909-1932 (LC43)

Bothwell

• Register of applications to the Licensing Court with decisions 1919-1950 (LC50)
• Copies of certificates for public house licences granted 1933-1942 (LC51)

Bruny

• Applications for hotel licences and associated papers 1937-1952 (LC60)

Burnie

• Register of applications to the licensing court for publicans’ licences, including prosecutions 1954-1958 (LC634)
• Register of applications for liquor licences 1959-1966 (LC635)

Campbell Town

• Minutes of annual meetings of the Licensing Court 1841-1919 (LC87)
• Four applications for hotel licences and renewals 1848-1849 (AC848)

Circular Head

• Miscellaneous correspondence and associated papers on licensing matters 1903-1912 (LC20)

Deloraine

• Applications, minutes and associated papers of the Licensing Court 1887, 1900-1922 (LC571)

Devonport

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1866-1918 (LC568)
• Applications for hotel licences 1951-1953 (LC127)

Evandale

• Applications and correspondence about public house licences 1848-1864 (AB224)

Fingal

• Register of applications for hotel licences 1945-1949 (LC146)

Flinders Island

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Court 1912-1917 (AD391)

kinimathatakinta/George Town

• Butts of public house licences Issued 1903-1909 (LC161)
• Applications for hotel licences 1950-1953 (LC160)

Glenorchy

• Carbon copies of authorities issued by the Licensing Court to publicans to sell liquor under hotel licences 1941-1955 (LC181)

Green Ponds

• Minutes of meetings of the licensing court 1841-1856, 1869-1916, 1918-1952 (LC196)

Hamilton

• Register of applications for hotel licences 1849-1907, 1909-1930 (LC214)
• Register of public house licences issued 1871-1881 (MCC15/28)
• Applications and associated papers to keep public houses 1863-1913 (LC215)

Hobart

• Minutes of proceedings in the Licensing Court 1833-1900 (LC269)
• Register of applications for hotel licences, meal permits 1923-1953 (LC270)
• Record of Convictions of Licensed Publicans 1855-1892 (LC271)
• Applications for late licences, meal permits and associated papers about hotels 1932-1952 (LC273)
• Mount Wellington Hotel – Correspondence and associated papers relating to the hotel 1906-1919 (NS328)

Huon

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1859-1900 (LC285)

Kentish

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench (also includes Devonport, Latrobe, Kentish, Penguin and Ulverstone) 1866-1885 (LC333)

Kingborough

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1857-1914 (LC309)
• Register of applications for hotel licences 1918-1952 (LC310)

Latrobe

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1866-1885 (LC333)
• Register of applications for hotel licences 1921-1951 (LC334)

Launceston

• Applications for hotel licences 1831-1849 (AD853)
• Applications for hotel licences 1934-1952 (LC350)

Longford

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1848-1886, 1888-1896 (LC365)

New Norfolk

• Register of applications for hotel licences 1952-1953 (LC379)
• Applications, petitions and associated papers about licensing hotels 1837, 1848, 1925-1926, 1943-1950 (LC380)

Oatlands

• Register of applications for licences to sell liquor 1918-1929 (LC394)
• Applications for hotel licences 1848 (AC854)
• Parattah Hotel Co. Ltd – Shareholders’ ledger (including some correspondence) 1889-1943 (NS184)

Penguin

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1866-1908 (LC413)

Port Cygnet

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1859-1900 (LC285)
• Register of late licences issued by the Licensing Court 1959-1961 (LC417)

Portland

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1885-1914 (LC425)
• Register of applications for hotel licences 1943-1952 (LC426)
• Applications for hotel licences and associated papers 1892-1904 (LC427)

Queenstown

• Register of applications for hotel licences 1938-1952 (LC439)

Ringarooma

• Minutes of meetings of the licensing branch to consider applications for hotel licences 1908-1917 (AB459)
• Register of applications to the Licensing Court 1927-1953 (LC462)

St Leonards

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Court 1908-1917 (AB381)

Scottsdale

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Court 1934-1951 (LC476)
• Applications for hotel licences and associated papers 1937-1950 (LC477)
• Plans, correspondence and associated papers about the application by William Beckett for a licence for the Bridport Hotel 1930-1931 (LC478)

Sorell

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Court 1934-1950 (LC491)

Strahan

• Minutes of the Licensing Court 1906-1924 (LC503)

Ulverstone

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1866-1914 (LC517)

Wynyard

• Minutes of meetings of the Licensing Bench 1867-1876, 1908-1921 (LC548)

Zeehan

• Butts of Hotel Licences Issued 1912-1914, 1916-1921 (MCC39/12)
• Applications for hotel licences and associated papers 1932 – 1948 (LC560)