Hotel Darwin

[4] Two hundred people attended the opening of the hotel, which was officiated by Northern Territory Administrator Charles Aubrey Abbott.

The publican stopped serving beer while the case was before the courts, a period in the hotel's history described as "beerless, cheerless days".

[11] The Hotel Darwin featured 'The Pickled Parrot', a piano bar and a fine dining restaurant called 'The Green Room'.

The owners, Paspalis Hotel Investment group, announced their intention to demolish it on 9 September 1999 after receiving two reports "confirming serious doubts about the structural integrity of the building".

The National Trust of the NT called for Planning Minister Tim Baldwin to intervene through use of the Heritage Conservation Act.