Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsHotelsTheatresHistoryJ.A. Wilson, lessee of the Bourke Street properties, apparently envisaged his hotel and theatre as a large entertainment complex. Numerous arson attempts, in one of which the theatre was razed to the ground, destroyed the viability of the project.
Accession
Palace Hotel And Bijou Theatre. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 31/05/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/59456