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Union Hotel
The Union Hotel was on Lot 128, on the corner of Short and Market Streets, now the site of the Post Office. It was apparently mentioned in an 1833 advertisement (Perth Gazette, August 3). Lot 128 had been granted to William Keats, and it was he who opened the hotel in 1832 or before. William Dixon took it over in July 1832 and was still the licensee in 1834. Fremantle Post Office is now on this site.
Union Hotel shown on an 1844 map on the corner of Market and Short Streets
Tuckfield:
In 1832 or before, William Keats opened the Union Hotel; whether on one of his two blocks, nos. 93 or 128, or whether it was one of the aforementioned hotels under a new name is not known, but in July 1832 William Dixon took it over and announced he was opening the Union Hotel. In August the same year, it was offered for sale or to be let for two to three years, but in 1834 Dixon was still the licensee. Later in 1834 it was again offered to let: 'Apply Mrs. Pratt or J. Solomon, now of Perth.' An advertisement of July 1834 ran: 'Dixon's Union Hotel for sale by public auction, comprising 9 rooms, spacious billiard room and kitchen, with outhouses etc.'
In May 1833 Mr. and Mrs. Keats reappeared and advertised that they had taken out a licence for their house, the King's Arms in Henry Street, adjoining Steel's. Tuckfield: 78.
References and Links
Graham, Allen 2018, pubs of wa, Facebook page.
Graham, Allen 2023, Inns and Outs of Fremantle: a Social History of Fremantle and its Hotels 1829-1856, XLibris.
Tuckfield, Trevor 1971, 'Early colonial inns and taverns', Early Days: Journal and proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, Part 1, '7, 3: 65-82; Part 2,7, 7: 98-106.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 6 February, 2019 and hosted at freotopia.org/hotels/union.html (it was last updated on 27 December, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.