The Esplanade Hotel[1] was a hotel on The Esplanade across from Esplanade Reserve in Perth, Western Australia. Its demolition in 1972 was controversial because of the building's beauty and popularity.[citation needed]
Its early history appears in James Sykes Battye's 1912 Cyclopedia of Western Australia.[2] Various proprietors owned the property over time, including N. W. Harper, who sold it in 1927 to J. Paxton,[3] whose daughter Elsie May Plowman became sole licensee in 1957.[4]
It was located opposite the Perth Bowling Club on the Esplanade Reserve.[5]
The hotel was one of nine in the Perth area to have orders to remove its verandahs in 1962[6] but its owner Elsie May Plowman responded with a successful court action against the Perth City Council regulation.[4][7]
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The Esplanade Reserve in Perth, Western Australia was a heritage listed public space between Perth Water and the Perth central business district. It formed part of and was, on occasions, also incorrectly referred to as the Perth foreshore, or the Perth waterfront. The public space was resumed by the Western Australian state government in April 2012 as part of the Elizabeth Quay redevelopment of the Perth waterfront area.
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Sherwood Court is a short sloping road between St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia and The Esplanade with Allendale Square on the upper corner, and Lawson Apartments on the lower.
The Allan Green Conservatory was a pyramid shaped botanical display facility on the Esplanade Reserve in Perth, Western Australia.
South Perth Esplanade is the name of the foreshore area of Perth Water from Point Belches to Mends Street Jetty in South Perth, Western Australia.
Esplanade Park is a public reserve in Fremantle, Western Australia. Situated on Marine Terrace and opposite the Esplanade Hotel, the reserve features about 100 mature Norfolk Island pines and the Explorers' Monument.
Marine Terrace, Fremantle is a road on the southern side of the built up area of Fremantle, Western Australia. It is named for its location alongside the water front.
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The Collie Mail was established at Collie, Western Australia in 1908 by Mr H.E. Reading, who had previously established The Southern Times in Bunbury. The paper was published bi-weekly to share the news and information of the new coal mining town of Collie.
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