The Star Hotel

9-11 Peel St, Collingwood This hotel was built by Thomas Veal in 1868 and operated as a hotel until it was delicensed in 1928. The longest serving licensee & owner was Mrs Mary Maher from 1878 until 1889. Mary remained the owner until well into the twentieth century. After delicensing the hotel was used for residential purposes and in the 1930s it accommodated up to 56 unemployed men. It was saved from oblivion when it first became the Clichy Restaurant in 1977, followed by Jack's Bar and then the Gay Trades Bar until 2007. It has since under gone refurbishment and is once again open as a café. The Star is a an attractive corner building, which incorporates various architectural references to its name in the exterior decoration.

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