Melbourne - Young and Jackson

Young and Jackson's is Australia's, and Melbourne's most famous pub. Opening on 1st July 1861, it was originally named the Princes Bridge Hotel and was renamed Young and Jackson's when it was taken over in 1875 by two Irish diggers - Henry Young and Thomas Jackson. The Y & J as it is sometimes colloquially called is on the corner of Melbourne's busiest intersection, Flinders Street and Swanston Street and is listed on the Victoria Heritage Register.

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Young and Jacksons Pub
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Chloe

Young and Jacksons is famous for its most famous painting - "Chloé" - a naked nymphette painted in 1875 by Frenchman, Joseph Lefebvre and is a life-size oil on canvas measuring 260 x 139 cm. The artist's model who posed for the painting was a young French lass named Marie who was around the age of 19 years. The painting was purchased for 800 pounds in 1908 for Young and Jacksons, and has hung there ever since.