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Victorian Turkish baths directory

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Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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C. Some Victorian Turkish baths abroad

Australia, arranged by city or town

This table lists some of the Victorian-style Turkish baths in Australia, arranged by city or town.

An additional establishment in this country is included in the separate table listing Turkish baths which are part of other establishments, together with Turkish baths designed for use by Animals.

Known opening and closing dates are indicated in the table. All articles include a chronology, though these do not appear in the version of the site without frames.

Dates in blue are accurate openings or closures to the best of our current knowledge;

Dates in maroon are first or last sightings;

Plus or minus signs indicate 'and later' or 'and earlier'.

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Table last revised: 24 January 2025
A
[]]	[]	ADELAIDE: Adelaide Arcade (Little Collins Street end)	1885—1969
[]]	[]	ADELAIDE: Grenfell Street: Osbaldiston's Turkish Baths	1867 only
[]]	[]	ADELAIDE: King William Road: City Baths Turkish baths were added five years after the baths' 1863 opening	1867—1969
[]]	[]	ADELAIDE: Hindmarsh Turkish baths	1897
B
[]]	[]	BALLARAT: Armstrong Street: Turkish baths	1863—1867
[]]	[]	BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY: Kings Theatre Turkish Baths	1920s
[]]	[]	BONDI: Queen Elizabeth Drive: Bondi Surf Pavilion: Turkish Baths	1929—1977
[]]	[]	BRISBANE: Albert Street (154): Hall's Turkish Baths Next to White's Hotel. Proprietors included E Letham and Samuel Bird.	1868—1899
[]]	[]	BRISBANE: Albert Street: Halliday's Turkish Baths Next to The Australian Hotel	1894—1913
[]]	[]	BRISBANE: Ann Street, H Barltrop's Excelsior Turkish & Cold Baths	1881
[]]	[]	BRISBANE: Perry Street, Petrie's Bight: H Barltrop's Excelsior Baths	1889—1896
[]]	[]	BRISBANE: Skinner Street, West End: Turkish Baths	1889, 1894
C
[]]	[]	CAMPBELLTOWN: Campbelltown Benevolent Hospital Turkish Baths	1860s
[]]	[]	COOLGARDIE: Turkish Baths Designed by the distinguished architect, Edwin Summerhayes	1895—
G
[]]	[]	GEELONG: Great Ryrie Street: Turkish Baths (Manager: Mr Jones)	1871—
H
[]]	[]	HAWKESDALE: 'Dunmore': private Turkish bathhouse	1866—
[]]	[]	HOBART: Harrington Street: Hobart Turkish Baths	1868—1928
L
[]]	[]	LAUNCESTON: Charles Street: Edward Ackerman's Turkish Baths	1863—1893
[]]	[]	LAUNCESTON: Paterson Street: Queen Victoria Swimming and Turkish Baths	1897—1950s
[]]	[]	LAUNCESTON: Upper Elizabeth Street	1861—
M
[]]	[]	MAITLAND: Turkish baths	1872, 1873
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Bourke Street E (24): James Hosie's Turkish Bathing Palace and Bar Opened by the Governor, Sir George Bowen, 23 October	1873—1881
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Chapel Street (282-4): Prahran Arcade: Tolley's Turkish Baths Opened on 31 July	1890—1900
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Elizabeth Street: Nick Spartels' Turkish Baths	1920s, 1970s
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: George Parade West: Oasis Turkish Baths
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Little Collins Street (360): Bjelke-Petersen Turkish Institute Baths	1929—1945
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Lonsdale Street: Fullalove's Turkish Baths	1867—1926
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Lonsdale Street: Oriental Baths	1860—1866
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Royal Arcade, Bourke Street: Turkish Baths Operated, at various times, by Pietriche, Hosie, and members of the Lucas family	1870—1929
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Russell Street (127) : Burton's Turkish Baths	1871, 1875
[]]	[]	MELBOURNE: Swanston Street (420): City Baths	1904—1983
[]]	[]	MOUNT WILSON: Richard Wynne's Turkish bath Article on these baths by Mary Reynolds Image above	1880s—1895
N
[]]	[]	NEWCASTLE: Hamilton Road: Turkish Baths (Proprietor: F W Reay)	1879—1902
[]]	[]	PERTH: Bazaar Terrace: Oxone Hotel and Turkish Baths	189?
[]]	[]	PERTH: Murray Street (132): Lovering's Turkish Baths	1901—1926
[]]	[]	PERTH: Pier Street (11): Max Wilson's Turkish Baths	1904, 1926
[]]	[]	PERTH: Pier Street (29): Smedley’s Hydropathic and Russo-Turkish Baths	1901—1904
[]]	[]	PERTH: St George's Baths, including Turko-Russian Baths	1897
[]]	[]	PORT MACQUARIE: Turkish Baths	1870—
R
[]]	[]	ROCKHAMPTON: Duster's Turkish Baths	1877, 1878
S
[]]	[]	SURFERS PARADISE: Ferny Ave (17) Taylor's Turkish Baths	19??
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Bligh Street (27): Turkish Baths	1861—1921
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Castlereagh Street / Martin Place: Australia Hotel Turkish Baths	1922—1971
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Reservoir Street: Dobson's Turkish Baths	1911, 1952
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Elizabeth Street (159): Hall's Turkish Baths for men and women	1905—1908+
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Elizabeth Street (183): Ladies Turkish Baths	—1921
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Liverpool Street: Turkish Baths	1923
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Liverpool Street (150): Ultra Modern Turkish Baths (Propr: Arthur Thomas)	1954—
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Oxford Street: Wigzell's Hairdressers and Turkish Baths	1883—
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Pitt Street (158): J Stuart's Turkish and Russian Baths	1865, 1875
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Pitt Street (202-4): Savoy Turkish Baths [Co Ltd]	1928—1930
[]]	[]	SYDNEY: Spring Street (15) First Victorian Turkish bath in Australia, opened by John Le Gay Brereton	1859—1861
T
[]]	[]	TEMORA: Turkish Baths	1880
[]]	[]	TOWNSVILLE: Denham Street: Turkish Baths (Propr: F Shaw)	1892, 1893
[]]	[]	TOWNSVILLE: Strand: Corporation Turkish Baths (Lessee: W Treeve)	1894, 1895


Susan Aykut, for much of the information about Turkish baths in Australia Adam Ford, for help with James Hosie Mary Reynolds, Secretary, Mount Wilson Historical Society

Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

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