HOTELS AND LICENCED CLUBS
Hotels played a vital role in Australian communities throughout the Nineteenth century and until the emergence of licenced clubs especially after poker machines were allowed in clubs rather than hotels in 1956; There were eight hotels in central Wollongong at various times and most of the coal mining villages had a hotel. By 2025, there were only 3 hotels in central Wollongong. Many of the licenced clubs established to cater for the needs of particular sections of the community had also closed.
| WOLLONGONG | |
| Cricketers Arms | Situated on the s-e corner of Crown and Corrimal Streets |
| Pacific Hotel | Planned for lower Crown St in the 1920s but never built |