BRIDAL PARTY AT OSBORNE HOTEL

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c. 1898

Overview

Sepia print mounted on grey card of a wedding party preparing to leave the Osborne Hotel. The first carriage, with a pair of grey horses, a driver on a high seat and a man in frock coat and top hat standing beside the door, contains the bride and groom. Behind that is another carriage with a pair of darker horses; on the left a coach and four. In the background is the entry to the hotel with [OSBORNE] above the arch and to the left a large hall with [* BAR * BILLIARDS *]. At the bottom of the image [OSBORNE ILLUSTRATED] and [A BRIDAL PARTY AT OSBORNE] and on the mount [Greenham & Evans. PERTH, W,A.].

Historical information

1894 James Grave began building Perth's finest resort hotel. Extensive hotel was surmounted by a tower with a 70 ft turret and surrounded by landscaped gardens with fountains flowers, retreats, shades and summer houses. There was also a tennis court, bowling green, boat shed, swmming baths, with a flight of 200 steps to the water's edge to cater for those arriving by boat. The hotel and the street were named after Matilda Osborne (wife of the late William Osborne d.11.5.1893) who financed the purchase of the land and the construction of the Hotel in 1894. Purchased by Loreto Sisters for Loreto Convent School 1901. Demolished 1962.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--11-221-

Item type

Photographs

Year

c. 1898

Last modified

Tuesday, 23 September, 2025

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