- Star Hotel
The Star Hotel was a pub in the suburb of
Balmain in theinner-west ofSydney , in the state ofNew South Wales ,Australia .The pub is located near the entrance to
Mort's Dock and in 1902, the Ship Painters and Dockers Union took up a 'moveable office' at 95 Mort Street, next to the Star Hotel and undoubtedly supplied trade to the establishment.The license and name were transferred in 1930 to the pub now known as The Cat and Fiddle Hotel on Darling Street. The building became a residential and commercial unit in
1994 .References
* Davidson, B; Hamey, K; Nicholls, D; "Called To The Bar - 150 Years of pubs in Balmain & Rozelle", The Balmain Association, 1991, ISBN 0-9599502-6-5.
* Wyner, I; "A history of the Ship Painters and Dockers Union 1900-1932" [http://www.takver.com/history/myunion/myunion06.htm] , ch6, 2003.External links
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