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* [[Captains Flat, New South Wales]]: When the new Captains Flat Hotel was built in 1937<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flathotel.com.au/|title=Captains Flat Hotel|website=Captains Flat Hotel|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> was said to have the longest bar in Australia at the time; it was {{convert|32|m}} long.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Captains-Flat/2005/02/17/1108500193250.html | title = Captains Flat | work = Travel | publisher = Sydney Morning herald | accessdate = 2007-02-22 | date=2004-02-08}}</ref> |
* [[Captains Flat, New South Wales]]: When the new Captains Flat Hotel was built in 1937<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flathotel.com.au/|title=Captains Flat Hotel|website=Captains Flat Hotel|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> was said to have the longest bar in Australia at the time; it was {{convert|32|m}} long.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Captains-Flat/2005/02/17/1108500193250.html | title = Captains Flat | work = Travel | publisher = Sydney Morning herald | accessdate = 2007-02-22 | date=2004-02-08}}</ref> |
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* [[Mildura, Victoria]]: The Mildura Working Man's Sports & Social Club built a T-shaped bar in 1938. It was believed to be the longest bar in the [[Victoria, Australia|state of Victoria]]. In 1970 it was rebuilt with a hook and was noted in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' as holding world record length status. The bar was {{convert|91|m}} long around "the centre line of the service surface" and had 32 [[beer tap]]s. The bar was removed in 1995 during renovations to add [[poker machine]]s. <ref>[http://www.milduraworkers.com.au/html/longestbar.html (History of Mildura Workingman's Sports and Social Club)]</ref> |
* [[Mildura, Victoria]]: The Mildura Working Man's Sports & Social Club built a T-shaped bar in 1938. It was believed to be the longest bar in the [[Victoria, Australia|state of Victoria]]. In 1970 it was rebuilt with a hook and was noted in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' as holding world record length status. The bar was {{convert|91|m}} long around "the centre line of the service surface" and had 32 [[beer tap]]s. The bar was removed in 1995 during renovations to add [[poker machine]]s. <ref>[http://www.milduraworkers.com.au/html/longestbar.html (History of Mildura Workingman's Sports and Social Club)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830164401/http://www.milduraworkers.com.au/html/longestbar.html |date=30 August 2007 }}</ref> |
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* [[Big Bell, Western Australia]]: the hotel of an abandoned township in the [[Murchison (Western Australia)|Murchison]] region in [[Western Australia]]. <ref>{{cite web | year = 2004 | url = http://www.mitsubishi4wd.org.au/tripnotes/2004/murchison_trip.htm | title = Murchison trip | work = Trip notes| publisher = The Mitsubishi 4WD Owners Club of Western Australia Inc. | accessdate = 2007-02-22}}</ref> |
* [[Big Bell, Western Australia]]: the hotel of an abandoned township in the [[Murchison (Western Australia)|Murchison]] region in [[Western Australia]]. <ref>{{cite web | year = 2004 | url = http://www.mitsubishi4wd.org.au/tripnotes/2004/murchison_trip.htm | title = Murchison trip | work = Trip notes| publisher = The Mitsubishi 4WD Owners Club of Western Australia Inc. | accessdate = 2007-02-22}}</ref> |
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* [[Wiluna, Western Australia]]: The old Weeloona Hotel (demolished in the mid-1970s) was reputed to have the world's longest bar. <ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://atn.com.au/wa/north/towns-c.htm | title = Batavia Coast and Midlands Towns Western Australia | work = | publisher = Australian Tourism Net | accessdate = 2007-02-22}}</ref> |
* [[Wiluna, Western Australia]]: The old Weeloona Hotel (demolished in the mid-1970s) was reputed to have the world's longest bar. <ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://atn.com.au/wa/north/towns-c.htm | title = Batavia Coast and Midlands Towns Western Australia | work = | publisher = Australian Tourism Net | accessdate = 2007-02-22}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:58, 5 January 2018
As with any such statistic, there are a number of claims for the title "the longest bar in Australia":
- poker machines. [3]
- Big Bell, Western Australia: the hotel of an abandoned township in the Murchison region in Western Australia. [4]
- Wiluna, Western Australia: The old Weeloona Hotel (demolished in the mid-1970s) was reputed to have the world's longest bar. [5]
- Flinders Lane is said to be over 40 metres (130 ft) long. [6]
See also
- List of public house topics
- Six o'clock swill
References
- ^ "Captains Flat Hotel". Captains Flat Hotel. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Captains Flat". Travel. Sydney Morning herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ (History of Mildura Workingman's Sports and Social Club) Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Murchison trip". Trip notes. The Mitsubishi 4WD Owners Club of Western Australia Inc. 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ "Batavia Coast and Midlands Towns Western Australia". Australian Tourism Net. 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ Cox, Geoff. "Melbourne - City bars". Coxy's Big Break. RACV. Archived from the original on 8 September 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
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