Walker Quay, Rifleman's Arms

HER Number

15881

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker Quay, Rifleman's Arms

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

A beerhouse. It closed in 1913 and its licence was transferred to the Wincomblee Hotel on Forster Street.

Easting

429000

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ429000565000

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 44