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European hotels. Apart from the accommodation for guests, rooms were also provided in the Rowe Street wing for their servants,
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The first floor contained a pillared corridor with various reception rooms, in addition to the Winter Garden - "famous for its morning and afternoon teas, light luncheons, and theatre suppers", and the
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columns red. The squared columns in the entrance foyer were imported
Italian marble, and the magnificent neo-classical staircase which led from the main foyer to the first floor was completely in multi-coloured
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Majesty's Theatre. After the show, drama critics called her a 'woman of genius' saying she had held the audience spell bound." Next to the hotel, across Rowe Street, stood the famous
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In April 1949 the hotel had the historic importance of being the venue of the first successful television demonstration in
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to run telegraphy tests, from the hotel's 6th floor, with ships at sea, on 27 August. It was subsequently permitted to handle commercial traffic in 1911 – the first in
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who fix their famous Green Plaques to historic buildings and sites, placed their 39th plaque on the MLC Centre in memory of the Australia Hotel.
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was staying at The Australia and giving a luncheon party when he was formally notified that he was to be knighted upon his return to Britain.
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grand staircase, with stained glass windows, led to their rooms those guests, who, in the early days of lifts, still preferred to walk.
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stayed there several times (thereafter her suite, rooms 707–708, was named after her) and one lady lived there for 31 years.
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was located in the hotel, which provided goods for visitors, hampers for sending to Great Britain and Australiana souvenirs.
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