Heritage

I'll admit, architecturally, it does not have the gilded ceilings of the Doges Palace. And story wise, it's visionary was not so unfortunate as to get slammed by a tram.

But it is huge and has lattice work that is, frankly, bordering on criminal.

This is the Heritage in Rockhampton. According to Wikipedia this hotel had a couple of name changes before being opened as the Commercial Hotel in 1865.

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History was made on the site in 1867 when the Gold Commissioner turn thief, Thomas John Griffin, shouted drinks at the hotel, and in doing so revealed himself as the murderer of two police officers. Ten days prior two officers were shot and killed whilst on gold escort: they were transporting £4,000 on the instruction of Griffin, who apprehended them en route and hijacked their payload. Griffin was revealed as the culprit when a pound note he used in the hotel was traced to the missing loot.



The original hotel was demolished and reopened as the Commercial Hotel in 1897. It was built within 6 months at a cost of 7000 pounds.

XXXX man is not an original feature.....