Great Australian Historic Hotels

Great Australian Historic Hotels
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Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781742692043
ISBN-13 : 1742692044
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Book Synopsis Great Australian Historic Hotels by : Barry Stone

Download or read book Great Australian Historic Hotels written by Barry Stone and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2010 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Christmas Eve in 1882 an impromptu game of cricket was organised between the touring English Cricket team and a local side in the grounds of Rupertswood, a 50-room Italianate mansion in Sunbury, 30 minutes drive north of Melbourne. At dinner that night Rupertswood's owner, Lady Janet Clark, marked the visitor's victory by presenting the English captain, Ivo Bligh, with a tiny urn that contained the charred remains of a set of bails. Thus the legend of the Ashes, Australia's sporting Holy Grail, was born. In Great Australian Historic Hotels each hotel provides its own tantalising insight int.


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