Historical information
The Council Family Hotel was the fifth of the eight hotels to be licensed in Kew during the 19th Century. They were licensed in the following date order: The Woodman Inn (1854), The Harp of Erin (1854), O’Shaughnessy’s Kew Hotel (1855), the Prospect Hill Hotel (1858), the Council Family Hotel (1861), the Princess Hotel (1864), the Clifton Hotel (1868) and the Greyhound Hotel (1873).
Significance
Rare photograph of a landmark Kew hotel
Physical description
Exterior - Council Family Hotel in Cotham Road, Kew (Vic) with Mrs Ryan, wife of the licensee at front
Inscriptions & markings
Mrs Ryan
References
- KHS Newsletter 107/2014 Article on the Council Family Hotel (p.6)
