Hotels and publicans’ licenses

Introduction

Find records and other information about Tasmanian publicans and hotels.

What’s available online?

Search and view many records, including publican’s surnames or the names of hotels.

Lists of hotel licences granted and or transferred appear regularly in the Tasmanian Government Gazette from 1818.

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

Beaconsfield

Bothwell

Bruny

Burnie

Campbell Town

Circular Head

Deloraine

Devonport

Evandale

Fingal

Flinders Island

kinimathatakinta/George Town

Glenorchy

Green Ponds

Hamilton

Hobart

Huon

Kentish

Kingborough

Latrobe

Launceston

Longford

New Norfolk

Oatlands

Penguin

Port Cygnet

Portland

Queenstown

Ringarooma

St Leonards

Scottsdale

Sorell

Strahan

Ulverstone

Wynyard

Zeehan

Library resources

What can I find from other organisations?