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Government House
The construction of the vice-regal residence on Rottnest Island was begun in 1858, during the tenure (1855-62) of Arthur Kennedy, and enjoyed especially by John Hampton who was governor 1862-68. It was designed by Richard Jewell, the Clerk of Works, in Victorian Gothic style, and completed in 1864 by Henry Vincent.
Alfred Stone's 1864 photo of the Governor's residence on Rottnest, now the Rottnest Hotel. That's Stone sitting on the steps, so he must have an assistant to remove the lens cap.
Rottnest Hotel in the 1950s
References and Links
O'Brien, Jacqueline & Pamela Statham-Drew 2013, Court and Camera: The Life and Times of A.H. Stone, Fremantle Press.
Historical tourist guide
Wikipedia page
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 8 February, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/rottnest/govthouse.html (it was last updated on 29 April, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.