The hotel was established in 1860 on the corner of the Crescent and Weston Streets in Rozelle, an inner-west suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Serving the workers of the Glebe Island abattoirs and soap factories, it was relocated in 1915 to make way for the White Bay goods railway.

[1] Rebuilt as a brick structure on what is now Victoria Road and popular with the workers at the White Bay Power Station until its 1983 closure, and White Bay Container Terminal until the transfer of its facilities to Port Botany, the hotel, which became increasingly squeezed by the widening of Victoria Road after the construction of the Anzac Bridge, ceased trading in 1992.

[3][4] Police initially believed the cause of the fire was suspicious, however investigation found there were no grounds to lay arson charges.

[6] The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority cleared the White Bay Hotel site of building rubble.