Marlborough Museum Collection of Gold Mining Objects and Photographs
Grand National Hotel, Cullensville

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Record 17/33
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Description A laminated onto cardboard copy of a photograph: Grand National Hotel, Cullensville. There is nothing written on the back.

A label for the original 1997 Gold mining display, source, date of writing and author unknown, is as follows: "The Grand National Hotel Cullensville 1889.

"This hotel was built and owned by William Olliver who had come from the goldfields in the Wakamarina with his pockets full of gold nuggets.

"The Grand National Hotel was the biggest building in Cullensville and was a substantial house, being two stories high with twelve bedrooms, billiard room and other necessary facilities.

"The hotel appears to have been burned down in 1897. Mr. Olliver built a public hall opposite his hotel and called it "The Grand National Hall". (Later changed to the Theatre Royal)."

This photograph is reproduced on page 245 of Mike Johnston's book, Gold in a Tin Dish, Volume 2, The history of the eastern Marlborough goldfields, published 1993 by Nikau Press, where he captions it: "The Grand National Hotel in its heyday in the early 1890s. An additional chimney has been added on its northern wall. The hotel burnt down in March 1897. (A Wearne Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library)."

Year Range from 1890
Year range to 1897
Object ID 0000.900.0764
Object Name Photograph
People Olliver, William
Title Grand National Hotel, Cullensville
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Last modified on: December 19, 2014