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Royal Hotel : Port Augusta : [business card]
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Date of creation : ca. 1881
Format : Ephemera
Contributor : State Library of South Australia
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Description :

"The Proprietor of the above Hotel assures those who should favour him with their patronage that no pains whatever will be spared to ensure them every comfort and attention."

"F. Briggs" is hand written on the back of the card. The hotel was owned by Frederick Briggs between September 1880 and March 1882.


The Royal Hotel was a two-storey stone construction and was built on the corner of Gibson and Mildred (now El Alamein) Streets. It opened in April 1878. This site was across the road from the Customs House and the new government jetty for landing railway material.
Subjects
Coverage year : 1881
Period : 1852-1883
Place : Port Augusta
Region : Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback
Further reading :

Anderson, RJ, Solid town, [Port Augusta, S. Aust.]: R.J. Anderson, 1988

Hoad, J. L. Hotels and publicans in South Australia 1836-1984, Adelaide: Australian Hotels Association (South Australian Branch): Gould Books, 1986
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