OSBORNE HOTEL GARDEN
c. 1898Sepia print mounted on grey card of a lawned area with a rockery and circular bed with small shrubs. Two women in high-necked, long-sleeved, long dresses are standing on the grass: one has a parasol, the other is holding ??. In the background is the corner of one of the hotel terraces, a fountain, a beehive-shaped gazebo covered in creeper, a man in shirt sleeves, the white painted fence of the drive, a small decorative wooden building and glimpses of the river. On the lower edge [OSBORNE ILLUSTRATED] and [BAND PAVILION GARDEN] and on the mount [Greenham & Evans PERTH, W.A.]
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.
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