{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} thumb|Pelaco Building The '''Pelaco Sign''' is a heritage-listed neon sign located in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. It was erected in 1939 as an advertisement for local shirt manufacturer Pelaco.
Melbourne-based rockabilly group, The Pelaco Brothers (1974–75), were named after the sign.<ref name="Cunningham">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zmf8mwt6dE8C&dq=Pelaco+Brothers&pg=PA114 | title = Melbourne | last = Cunningham | first = Sophie | year = 2012 | publisher = University of New South Wales Press | location = Sydney, NSW | page = 114 | isbn = 978-1-742-24044-2 | accessdate = 22 June 2013 }}</ref> The Pelaco sign is visible in many scenes of the 1986 film ''Dogs In Space''. High on a building on Richmond Hill, it can be seen from many suburbs away especially when lit at night.
The building is located at 21-31 Goodwood Street, Richmond and now houses numerous businesses including radio stations Gold 104.3 and KIIS 101.1, Madman Entertainment and media production company Fremantle and Authentic Entertainment.
==See also== * Borsari's Corner in Carlton, Victoria * Dingo Flour sign in North Fremantle, Western Australia * Nylex Clock in Cremorne, Victoria * Skipping Girl Sign in Abbotsford, Victoria
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==External links== * [http://www.adonline.id.au/neon/pelaco Melbourne Neon: Pelaco]
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Category:Billboards Category:Advertising structures Category:Individual signs in Australia Category:Landmarks in Melbourne Category:1939 establishments in Australia
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