The Home from Home Family hotel was a hotel in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

1934 riot

It was one of a number of buildings that was burnt down during the riots in Kalgoorlie in 1934.[1][2][3]

The hotel was also known at the time as Gianatti's.[4]

The photo of the shell of the hotel is an often chosen image of the results of the riot.[5][6]

The loss of the hotel and other buildings caught widespread attention, and subsequent investigation into the issues that started the riots.[7][8][9][10][11]

Other buildings destroyed

  • The All Nations Hotel[12]
  • The Cornwall Hotel, Boulder[13]
  • Kalgoorlie Wine Saloon[14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Gerritsen, Rolf (1968), The 1934 Kalgoorlie riots : a West Australian crowd in history, retrieved 31 May 2015
  2. ↑ Gregson, Sarah (2001), "'It all started on the mines'?: The 1934 Kalgoorlie race riots revisited", Labour History (published May 2001) (80): 21–40, doi:10.2307/27516768, ISSN 0023-6942, JSTOR 27516768, PMID 18225374
  3. ↑ Lalić, Walter F (2014), Kalgoorlie racial riots 1934 : destruction and death at the Goldfields, Macquarie University : Croatian Studies Foundation, retrieved 31 May 2015
  4. ↑ See the words on the top of the building in the photo on right
  5. ↑ "Untitled". The West Australian. Perth. 1 February 1934. p. 20. Retrieved 31 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ Mackay, T. F. (Thomas Faulkner), 1884–1981 (1934), Remains of the Home from Home Hotel after the Kalgoorlie riots [picture], retrieved 31 May 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ ScreenSound Australia; Cinesound Productions (1947), Two killed in Golden Mile racial riots Australian and foreigner die while buildings burn in Kalgoorlie (W.A.), Cinesound, retrieved 31 May 2015
  8. ↑ Le Souef, Leslie (1934), Wine saloon, Home From Home Hotel and All Nations Hotel all within a stones throw of one another looted and destroyed by fire. The photo shows the remains of (Gianatti's) Home From Home Hotel, Kalgoorlie, retrieved 31 May 2015
  9. ↑ Le Souef, Leslie (1934), Back view of the destruction done to the Home From Home Hotel, retrieved 31 May 2015
  10. ↑ Bunbury, Bill, 1940-; Wellington, Beatrice; Wellington, Isobel; Larkham, Lily; Finlay, B; Stephens, Edmund; Bracegirdle, Barry; Thompson, L; Mann, Vera; Mann, P; Henderson, M; Sudlow, Cora; Lolich, M; Boyland, Stella; Lana, Evelyn; Fraser, E; Dawes, Wally; Crisp, Nancy; Crisp, Jack; Hitchcock, Lionel (1985), [A series of interviews about the Kalgoorlie riots of 1934], retrieved 31 May 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (18 June 2003), The Kalgoorlie Race Riots, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 31 May 2015
  12. ↑ Le Souef, Leslie, 1900–1996 (1934), The All Nations Hotel destroyed by fire. This was a boarding house as the hotel was delicensed. Looted and destroyed by fire [picture], retrieved 31 May 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ Le Souef, Leslie, 1900–1996 (1934), The Cornwall Hotel, Boulder owned by one of the Jordans best friends Jack Osmetti. Looted and destroyed by fire. This hotel will be well remembered by the Walsh, Pitman-Coulter, Treffene murder cases [picture], retrieved 31 May 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Le Souef, Leslie, 1900–1996 (1934), All that remains of the Kalgoorlie Wine Saloon after being looted and burnt at the west end of Hannan Street [picture], retrieved 31 May 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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