1/26Naomi McDougall and Megan Lee at Chasers Nightclub in 1998.
Melbourne’s old nightclubs: Motel, The Metro, Irish photos
If you danced under the mirror ball at Chasers or rubbed shoulders with celebs at Motel, you may feature in our gallery of Melbourne nightclubs past.
2/26Martin “Ugly” DeBono and Bill Gianoulas at Chasers and Inflations Nightclub Christmas Party in 2010.
3/26Kevin Ranalli and Peter |Pistol Pete| Tav at the Christmas party.
4/26Laura-Jane Edgar and Belle Downs
5/26Owner Martha Tsamis and Rochelle Wilson at the Chasers relaunch at the Moser room, Chasers Nightclub.
6/26Amber Medina, Bianca Robinson and Melissa Oskan at Live One Night At Motel Nightclub in 2011.
7/26Mary-Anne Monaco with Magda Pete at Motel Nightclub.
8/26Meagan Ploog, Alan Khoury and Michelle Costantino at Motel.
9/26Vicki Jozwin with Jess Hempel
10/26Jess Damiami, Steph Read and Lisa Saunders at Motel.
11/26Gaelene Boyle and Corinna McLaine at Revolver, Chapel Street, in 1999.
12/26Shaun Clohesy and Peta Farquhar at Revolver, 1999.
13/26Annie Dobson, Hilary Fairley, Tony Davidson and Alyssa Scott at Motel in South Melbourne in 1999.
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15/26Footballers Shane Wakelin, twin brother Darryl Wakelin and (centre) Melitta Christie from Rex Hunt footy show pictured at Frostbite in Chapel St Prahran in 1998, for the launch of the Men for all Seasons AFL calendar.
16/26Fosters Grand Prix Grid Girl Competition at Frostbites, Prahran in 2005.
17/26Josh Hues from Pakenham and Tae Hampson from Narre Warren at Knox’s Irish pub in 2017. Picture: Stuart Milligan
18/26Darren Bell, Peg Sanders and Joyce Webb at the Irish. Picture: Stuart Milligan
19/26Chris Mason and Mikayla Navahas bidding farwell to the beloved Irish pub. Picture: Stuart Milligan
20/26Daniel Murphy and Jesse Claire. Picture: Stuart Milligan
21/26Molly Meldrum at the launch of TV show ‘Countdown Revolution’ at the Metro nightclub in 1989.
22/26Party-goers at The Metro Nightclub. Picture: Rennie Ellis collection, courtesy State Library Victoria
23/26Fun on the dancefloor at The Metro. Picture: Rennie Ellis collection, courtesy State Library Victoria
24/26On the balcony of The Metro Nightclub. Picture: Rennie Ellis collection, courtesy State Library Victoria
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26/26Redhead Nightclub in Albert Park closed its doorsin 1999. L-R front are Brett Goldsmith shareholder, and owner of Saratoga Nightclub, sister Tottie Goldsmith shareholder, Peter Raff promotions manager, and Brian Goldsmith, one of the directors, with past and current employees.
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