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Constructed 1937, architect of '30s redesign of the original hotel built in 1850 was W G Bennett. This art deco styling is reminiscent of its namesake in Singapore. It is in the Streamlined Moderne style and has a combined panorama of the two rivers – the Swan and the Canning. The Raffles Hotel beer garden (biergarten) was said to be the first of its kind in Australia. There was even a Raffles Hotel Special Ferry Service which left Barrack St. at 6pm and returned to the city at 9.30pm.
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- Hotels -- Western Australia -- Applecross -- Photographs.
- Art deco (Architecture) -- Western Australia -- Applecross -- Photographs.
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Call Number
BA2493/2887
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