Photo: Biatch / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (author release) · Display cropped. The Mitre Tavern in Bank Place.
About this place
A bluestone survivor tucked into Bank Place, described by Visit Victoria as believed to be Melbourne’s first pub.
The record
Comparison: The state tourism guide’s ‘believed first’ pub attribution.
Other venues assert different oldest, first-licensed or oldest-continuous pub records; the 1867 date alone cannot settle those comparisons. This is not an adjudicated winner.
Visiting
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DateFirst visitSoloRainy day
Sources
Sources checked 23 September 2026. A publisher’s claim is attributed; it is not a complete independent survey.
- Visit Victoria
Describes the 1867 Mitre as believed to be Melbourne’s first pub.