Considering the Elan Riverside Pier Hotel in Perth?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Perth:
A Settlement Built By Convicts by keeweechic
Perth was actually founded as a settlement in 1829 but its growth was slow. In 1850 convicts were brought in to increase the labour shortage in the area which followed in many of the wonderful old buildings in Perth being built by convict labour. Perth was always behind the eastern cities of Australia until the discovery of gold in the 1890?s. This not only increased the population but also a building boom ? some of which has since disappeared with the growth and modernisation of the city.
