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Historical names: Talbot House. Grand Hotel, Cairns, circa 1940. A historic reinforced-concrete hotel built in 1926, which served as a Toc H hostel named Talbot House during the Second World War.
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-16.9245, 145.7732
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McLeod Street, Cairns City, QLD 4870
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1940
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1926 to 1926
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Grand Hotel, Cairns: 1926 Inter-War Architecture on McLeod Street
Grand Hotel, Cairns
1926 • McLeod Street, Cairns City, QLD 4870
Explore the history of the Grand Hotel in Cairns, a reinforced-concrete building from 1926 that served as a Toc H hostel during the Second World War.
Historical names: Talbot House. Grand Hotel, Cairns, circa 1940. A historic reinforced-concrete hotel built in 1926, which served as a Toc H hostel named Talbot House during the Second World War.
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