Photograph - Floodlight (detail), Roosters by the Bay, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, 1996

Historical information

The Royal Mail Hotel was established in Bay Street in 1872. Around 1986 it became Roosters by the Bay, then the Elephant and Wheelbarrow. In 2003 it was named The Local.

Physical description

Colour photograph: detail of floodlight for luminating the name on the front of the hotel 'Roosters by the Bay' (former Royal Mail Hotel in Bay Street)

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