OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Royal Beach, Mornington

DATE1920s

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1228

HISTORY

The Royal Hotel was originally called the Rennison’s Schnapper Point Hotel and was built in the late 1850’s. The name was changed to the Royal in 1876. By 1863 the hotel offered 22 rooms for accommodation, increasing to 65 rooms by the 1870’s, with a garden and stables on three and a half acres. The stables were demolished in 1970, they were originally a depot for Cobb and Co.

DESCRIPTION

This shows the Royal Hotel on the left, overlooking the beach. The Sweetwater Pumping Frame Cache can be seen.

SUBJECTS

Hotels, Stables

KEYWORDS

Esplanade, Hotels, Mornington, Stables