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Regatta Hotel |
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The historic hotel located on the corner of Coronation Drive and Sylvan Road in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong and faces the Brisbane River. The first hotel was established on the site in 1874, as a single-storey wooden building. The Regatta Hotel is classified by the National Trust of Queensland and was entered in the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992. |
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Hotel Canberra |
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Old Canberra Inn |
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Canberra |
The original slab hut was built in 1860 by Joseph Schumack and in 1876 it was licensed as an inn. It was a coach stop on the Yass to Queanbeyan run until 1887 when it was sold to John Read. It became the Read family home until 1974, called The Pines until it was renovated and relicensed as the Old Canberra Inn. Its entry on the National Register of Heritage Places was rejected owing to the extensive refurbishments done to the building. |
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Australia Hotel |
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Sydney |
The hotel was located on Castlereagh Street, Sydney until its closure on 30 June 1971. It was the premier hotel in Sydney, describing itself as "The Hotel of the Commonwealth".[7] Its foundation stone was laid by Sir Henry Parkes in 1889. The hotel had a large entrance onto the street in polished granite, the stairs grey, the doric columns red. In 1968 the Hotel Australia was purchased by the huge MLC Insurance and Finance group who, with mounting concern, announced their intention of refurbishing and maintaining one of the city's landmarks. However, the following year they announced its impending closure[8] and later demolished it in almost record time.
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Cremorne Point Manor |
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Cremorne Point, North Sydney |
A 4-star boutique hotel with 29 rooms at Cremorne Point, North Sydney, designated by the government of New South Wales as a North Sydney Heritage. |
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Dick's Hotel |
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Sydney |
The hotel was built in 1872 on the corner of Beattie and Montague Streets in Balmain, an inner-west suburb of Sydney, It was known as Lean's Hotel from 1886 to 1898 when owned by Jabez Lean. It was associated with the political movements of the late nineteenth century, especially the growing labour movement.[9] |
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Exchange Hotel |
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Sydney |
Last pub to be built during the local boom of the 1880s. |
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Grace Hotel |
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Sydney |
The building was designed by Morrow & Gordon and built by Kell & Rigby[10] during the late 1920s and opened in 1930 by Grace Brothers, the Australian department store magnates, as their headquarters. It was inspired by the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago[11] but the building was of the Art Deco architectural style and had state-of-the-art innovations and facilities for the time. The Grace Building was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1980[12] and placed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 1999[13] The building was purchased for redevelopment in 1995 by the Low Yat Group of Malaysia.[14] Since June 1997, it has been used as a luxury hotel, "the Grace Sydney". |
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Harbour Rocks Hotel |
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Sydney |
This four-star hotel since 1989 is a heritage-listed 55-room boutique hotel situated in the precinct of The Rocks, in Sydney.[15][16] It also houses the Lanes Restaurant & Bar on the lower level, complete with an outdoor terrace.[17] |
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Newport Arms Hotel |
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Sydney |
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Sebel Townhouse Hotel |
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Sydney |
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Star City Casino |
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Sydney |
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White Bay Hotel |
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Sydney |
Closed in 1992 and burned down in 2008. |
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- ↑ http://www.palazzoversace.ae/press-releases/AME%20Story%20-%20Palazzo%20Versace%20Artisans.pdf
- ↑ Crown Towers Melbourne Accommodation: Exciting, Cosmopolitan, Holiday Destination | Next Escape
- ↑ http://www.oztravel.com/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Crown-Promenade-Hotel-h54822.html
- ↑ Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir & Programme, NSW Government Printer, 1932, p.128
- ↑ Daily Mirror, Sydney, Monday, 31 March 1969, p.22
- ↑ Davidson, B; Hamey, K; Nicholls, D; Called To The Bar - 150 Years of pubs in Balmain & Rozelle, The Balmain Association, 1991, ISBN 0-9599502-6-5.
- ↑ Gentleman of the building trade Obituary, Alan Kell, 1920-2008, in Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2008
- ↑ Manuscripts, oral history and pictures Catalogue entry at State Library of NSW
- ↑ Entry in Australian Heritage Database
- ↑ Entry in NSW State Heritage Register
- ↑ Chronology of the Grace Building at Teaching Heritage, NSW Government
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