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This 510,000 m² complex located on the [[Yarra River]] was opened in 1994, the casino in 1997. It contains three major hotels. The five-star '''Crown Towers''' with 481 rooms & Villas<ref>[http://www.thevillasofbyron.com.au/index.html Byron Bay Accommodation | Byron Bay Luxury Resort | The Villas of Byron<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> over 43 floors,<ref>[http://www.guides.info2travel.com/crown-towers-melbourne-accommodation-exciting-cosmopolitan-holiday-destination/ Crown Towers Melbourne Accommodation: Exciting, Cosmopolitan, Holiday Destination | Next Escape<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the 5-star '''Crown Metropol''', containing 658 rooms across 28 floors and the '''Crown Promenade'''
This 510,000 m² complex located on the [[Yarra River]] was opened in 1994, the casino in 1997. It contains three major hotels. The five-star '''Crown Towers''' with 481 rooms & Villas<ref>[http://www.thevillasofbyron.com.au/index.html Byron Bay Accommodation | Byron Bay Luxury Resort | The Villas of Byron<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> over 43 floors,<ref>[http://www.buggl.com/ Holiday Destination guides | Buggl<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the 5-star '''Crown Metropol''', containing 658 rooms across 28 floors and the '''Crown Promenade'''
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Revision as of 11:39, 17 May 2014

This is a list of what are intended to be the notable top hotels in Australia, five or four star hotels, notable skyscraper landmarks or historic hotels which are covered in multiple reliable publications. It should not be a directory of every hotel in Australia.

Brisbane

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Regatta Hotel Brisbane 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. Website

Cairns

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
The Reef Hotel Casino Cairns The hotel has 128 hotel rooms.[1] Website

Canberra

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Hotel Canberra Canberra Website
Old Canberra Inn Canberra The original slab hut was built in 1860 by Joseph Schumack and in 1876 it was licenced 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. Website

Darwin

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Victoria Hotel Darwin Website

Gold Coast, Queensland

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast, Queensland

It is casino and hotel complex in the suburb of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, situated next to the Nerang River. Opened in February 1986, it is operated by Tabcorp Holdings. It is connected to the Oasis Shopping Centre via a monorail. The seven acre complex includes eight bars, conference facilities, a ballroom and a theatre. In 2006, A$53 million was spent on refurbishment of the casino.[2] and in 2008 all 442 hotel rooms were completely refurbished at the cost of A$16 million.[2]

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Palazzo Versace Australia Gold Coast, Queensland

The luxury hotel is located on the Southport Spit at Main Beach on the Gold Coast. Palazzo Versce has 200 hotel rooms and suites and seventy-two neighbouring condominiums, three restaurants and a private marina.[3] The main building was designed by chief architect Rocco Magnoli[4] in Postmodern architecture style in a broad interpretation of Neoclassical architecture.

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Hobart

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart Hobart Website
Wrest Point Hotel Casino Hobart Website

Melbourne

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex Melbourne

This 510,000 m² complex located on the Yarra River was opened in 1994, the casino in 1997. It contains three major hotels. The five-star Crown Towers with 481 rooms & Villas[5] over 43 floors,[6] the 5-star Crown Metropol, containing 658 rooms across 28 floors and the Crown Promenade containing 465 rooms on 23 floors.

Hotel Windsor Melbourne
The Langham Melbourne

Perth

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Burswood Entertainment Complex Perth

It is located on the Swan River near the city of Perth, and is owned by Crown Limited. The complex includes a 24-hour casino, seven restaurants, eight bars, a nightclub, two international hotels (a luxury 5-star InterContinental and a 4-star Holiday Inn), a Convention Centre, Theatre and the Burswood Dome.

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Palace Hotel Perth Website
Raffles Hotel Perth Website

Sydney

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Australia Hotel File:Hotel Australia 1932.jpg 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] The hotel's 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.||

Cremorne Point Manor 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. Website
Dick's Hotel 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]
Exchange Hotel Sydney Last pub to be built during the local boom of the 1880s. Website
Grace Hotel 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". Website
Harbour Rocks Hotel 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] Website
Newport Arms Hotel Sydney Website
Sebel Townhouse Hotel Sydney Website
Star City Casino Sydney Website
White Bay Hotel Sydney Closed in 1992 and burned down in 2008.

Townsville

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Buchanan's Hotel Townsville

The hotel was located on Sturt Street from 1903–39 andwas owned by David Buchanan, a first-generation Scottish immigrant who owned multiple hotels in his lifetime. During World War II it housed American officers. It later caught fire and was destroyed in 1982.[18]

Holiday Inn, Townsville Townsville Website

Other

Name Image Location Summary and references Website
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston Launceston Website
Hydro Majestic Hotel Blackheath Website
Shamrock Hotel Bendigo Website

See also

References

  1. ^ The Reef Hotel Casino}
  2. ^ a b Shannon Molloy (21 August 2008). "Conrad Jupiter's $16m facelift". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Palazzo Versace Map". Australian Getaway.
  4. ^ http://www.palazzoversace.ae/press-releases/AME%20Story%20-%20Palazzo%20Versace%20Artisans.pdf
  5. ^ Byron Bay Accommodation | Byron Bay Luxury Resort | The Villas of Byron
  6. ^ Holiday Destination guides | Buggl
  7. ^ Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir & Programme, NSW Government Printer, 1932, p.128
  8. ^ Daily Mirror, Sydney, Monday, 31 March 1969, p.22
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Gentleman of the building trade Obituary, Alan Kell, 1920-2008, in Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2008
  11. ^ Manuscripts, oral history and pictures Catalogue entry at State Library of NSW
  12. ^ Entry in Australian Heritage Database
  13. ^ Entry in NSW State Heritage Register
  14. ^ Chronology of the Grace Building at Teaching Heritage, NSW Government
  15. ^ "Harbour Rocks Hotel". Harbour Rocks Hotel. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  16. ^ "SHFA Heritage Register, Item Name: Evans' Stores, Harbour Rocks Hotel". Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010. {{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in |title= at position 35 (help)
  17. ^ "Lanes Restaurant & Bar in The Rocks". Harbour Rocks Hotel. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  18. ^ "Buchanan's Hotel, Townsville". Digilib: Architecture Image Library. The University of Queensland. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
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