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The term Coffee Palace was used for 1880s hotels that didn't serve alcohol as part of the Temperance movement in Australia.
   The construction of buildings for the temperance movement coincided with an economic boom in Australia and use of richly ornamental High Victorian architecture.
   Subsequently, many such hotels were given prestigious names such as "Grand" or "Royal" and were designed in the fashionable Free Classical or Second Empire styles.
   The movement reached its height in Victoria and particularly Melbourne.
   Catering for families, the Coffee Palaces were most popular in the coastal seaside resorts and for inner city locations popular with interstate and overseas visitors.
   Many have been either converted into hotels or demolished, however many fine examples still survive.

List of former Coffee Palaces in Australia

Victoria

Palace, Queenscliff (1879)
Baillieu, Queenscliff (1881) (later renamed Ozone Hotel)
Vue Grande, Queenscliff (1883)
Queenscliff Hotel
Grand Coffee Palace, Melbourne (1883) (later named Windsor)
Reid's Coffee Palace, Ballarat (1886)
The Biltmore, Albert Park (1887)
The George, St Kilda (1887)
Grandview Hotel, Fairfield (1888)
Auburn Hotel, Auburn (1888)
St Kilda Coffee Palace, St Kilda
Mentone Coffee Palace, Mentone (1887) (Later Kilbreda Girl's School)

Image:Victoria hotel albert park.jpg|Victoria Hotel - now private apartments Image:George hotel st kilda.jpg|The George, St Kilda - now private apartments Image:Auburn_hotel.jpg|Auburn Hotel Image:Alphington_grand_hotel.jpg|Grandview Hotel, Fairfield Image:St_kilda_coffee_palace.jpg|St Kilda Coffee Palace - now backpackers hostel Image:Reids coffee palace ballarat.jpg|Reid's Coffee Palace, Ballarat Image:Coffee Palaces in Queenscliff.jpg|Ozone, Queenscliff Image:Kilbredafrontview.JPG|Mentone Coffee Palace - Now Kilbreda Girl's School

Demolished

Federal Coffee Palace, Melbourne

Garand Open House, Melbourne

Victoria Coffee Palace, Melbourne

Parer's Crystal Cafe, Melbourne

Burke & Wills Coffee Palace, Melbourne

Queen's Coffee Palace, Carlton

Hawthorn Coffee Palace, Hawthorn

Collingwood Coffee Palace, Collingwood

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