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Photograph, Hotel Esplanade

  • Multi-storey white building, with cars parked on the street in front. Near the cars a figure walks a dog. Wide stairs under a portico lead to the main entrance to the building. Above the portico is a sign that reads "Hotel Esplanade". Above the sign is a star. On the right of the image is a billboard advertisement for Carlton Gold beer.

    Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda

Historical information

Formerly New Bath & Criterion, built in 1856. New Bath demolished in the 1860s. A new hotel was built in 1878 and altered in 1921, when it changed hands and an entertainment venue was incorporated into the former exclusively residential building. Famed for live music, it is one of the earliest, largest and most prominent 19th-century resort hotels in Victoria. It has been altered many times since and this image predates extensive renovations and restoration work in 2018.

Physical description

colour photograph

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