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but failed when the hotel burned down the day after contracts were signed. The hotel later featured as the major waypoint on Smith's Bourke to
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former Royal Hotel and the 1888–90 police station and courthouse. These contribute significantly to the historic character of the town which, in the last quarter of the 20th century, became a principal
Queensland tourist attraction. The place has aesthetic value, and is important in defining the
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Birdsville Hotel is also a rare surviving late 19th century outback hotel, and besides being important in illustrating its type, also has the potential, through physical investigation and documentary research, to reveal important information about the design, form and function of far western
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former Royal Hotel and the 1888–90 police station and courthouse. These contribute significantly to the historic character of the town which, in the last quarter of the 20th century, became a principal
Queensland tourist attraction. The Birdsville Hotel is also a rare surviving late 19th century
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Birdsville Hotel is important in illustrating the principal characteristics of a vernacular style of masonry construction that spread throughout central Australia, across South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in the late 19th century, efficiently controlling the extremes of
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Following Blair's death in 1898, title to all three blocks passed to
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Birdsville Hotel is a single-storeyed building constructed of local stone rendered and scribed. It has elevations to Burt and Adelaide Streets and the corner of the building at the street intersections has been truncated marking the original main entrance. The
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It is understood that in 1905 a cyclone destroyed all of the structures on the site other than those constructed in stone. In 1964 the southeast corner of the building collapsed, also as a result of a cyclone. This section was reconstructed
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The building continues to function as a hotel, and has become nationally famous. With its longevity, romantic remoteness, and as a focus for festivities associated with the annual
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at the windows and doors is picked out in a dark colour, as it has been since at least the 1920s. There are extensive modern additions including a
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temperature in the hot, arid interior of the continent, and compensating for the lack of locally-available timber.
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for 40 years until selling to its current owners Courtney and Talia Ellis, co-founders of Outback Spirit Tours.
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from the 1870s when a rough depot was set up there by Matthew Flynn but, by 1882, the name
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raised at the corner to carry the words "Birdsville Hotel" and "Established 1884". An
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