Wrest Point : the life, the times and the people of Tasmania's hotel / Graeme Tonks & Mark Dibben
- Bib ID:
- 7325968
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tonks, Graeme Richard, author
- Description:
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- North Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2016
- ©2016
- xvii, 444 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 23cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925333916 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"The place of tourism in Tasmania’s economy has long been recognised, and so too has the place of Wrest Point in Tasmania’s tourism industry. While Wrest Point has come to be synonymous with the landmark casino that bears its name, this book shows there is far more to the hotel and to the place than just the casino. Adopting a biographical approach, the study traces the business history of what became known as Wrest Point from its ancient days as an important place in the social and economic life of the Mouheneenner people, through its colonial years as Chaffey’s Point, to the present day ownership by the Farrell family."--Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Looking back, looking forward
- 2. Visions of Tasmania's future : a society divided
- 3. A personal residence :from indigenous camp to society mansion
- Albert Ogilvie and Arthur Drysdale : pioneers of Tasmania's tourism and hospitality industry
- 5. War and peace: Drysdale realises his dream
- 6. The Holyman family: connecting Wrest Point with the world
- 7. Markillie, Barton and the Farrells : the people who built Federal Hotels
- 8. A pause in their journey : some celebrities of Wrest Point Riviera Hotel
- 9. As it happened : stories from behind the front desk
- 10. Gambling on the Yes Vote : establishing Australia's first casino
- 11. Running the hotel and casino
- 12 The opening
- 13. Open for business : 1973
- 14. La Grand Époque : 1974 to 1980
- 15. Difficult days : 1980 to 1986
- The Convention Centre and 1980s modernisations
- 17. The 1990s : emerging markets and declining revenue
- 18. Wrest Point today
- 19. Within these walls
- 20. As it happened
- 21. A pause in their journey at Wrest Point Hotel-Casino
- 22. Gamblers
- 23. Unseen guests, rogues, misadventure and misfortune
- 24. A unique place in the history of hotels
- 25. Contribution to Tasmanian tourism and hospitality
- 26. A place within the fabric of Tasmania.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-437) and index.
- Subject:
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- Farrell family
- Wrest Point Tasmania -- History
- Wrest Point Hotel-Casino -- History
- Wrest Point Riviera Hotel -- History
- Federal Hotels Limited -- History
- Australian National Hotels Ltd
- Casinos -- Tasmania -- Hobart
- Gambling -- Tasmania -- History
- Hotels -- Tasmania -- Hobart -- History
- Historic buildings -- Tasmania -- Hobart
- Tourism -- Tasmania -- History
- Buildings - Public
- Recreation - Gambling
- Economic sectors - Tourism
- Enterprises - Tourism
- Buildings - Construction
- Economic sectors - Hospitality - Hotels and motels
- History - Economic
- Tasmania -- Buildings, structures, etc -- History
- Hobart (Tas.) -- History -- 20th century
- Tasmania -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Hobart (SE Tas SK55-08)
- West Point (NW Tas SK55-03)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dibben, Mark, author
- Copyright:
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