Terrible news for the heritage of Greater Melbourne …
157 years would have had made it one of the oldest hotels in the state.
Historic Diggers Rest Hotel destroyed by fire
Article from: Herald Sun
Staff writers and wires
October 30, 2008 11:20am
A 157-year-old hotel was destroyed by fire north-west of Melbourne overnight and police are treating the [...]
The historic Frankston Oval Jamboree Grandstand, one of Frankston’s landmark heritage buildings has been destroyed by fire on the 12th February.
Arson is suspected.
The 1936 building was in the process of being restored at a cost of around $1.5 milllion which began in 2005 with the renaming to the Bryan Mace Grandstand.
This is a real blow [...]
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