The Ball And Chain

Specialties

Matilda Bay Craft Beer on tap

Pub grub — sliders, reuben sandwich, chilli popcorn

Whiskey and spirit selection

History

Established in 1896.

The buildings history dates back to 1850 when Captain Daniel Scott decided to build a warehouse and to dig a well on the site. With a well and warehouse he could act as a ship’s victualler but the waterfront warehouse was invaluable when the first 75 convicts arrived in Fremantle on 1 June 1850. The convicts that had arrived on the Scindian used Scott’s warehouse as their only home until Captain Henderson and the convicts had constructed their own convict establishment in 1857 — hence its new name, The Ball and Chain.

In 1896 the building on the site was first used as a Hotel and later became a ball and chain pub in perthwell-​known corner pub ‘Hubbles’ after its owner; a meeting place for the working class of Perth’s Fremantle suburb with boxing tournaments out the back and dock-​workers picked up on the veranda who sat on the timber benches still outside today. Today after over twenty years, the Pub has been beautifully restored, highlighting some of the unique features of yesteryea