Early advertising card for the famous Australian luxury resort and hotel, developed in the 1950s by millionaire Reginald Ansett, founder of Ansett Australia, an Australian air line group based in Melbourne. With color illustration of two women and a young man in bathing costume, on a pristine beach. Hayman Island, the most northerly of the Whitsunday Group, was named for George Nares' navigator, Thomas Hayman. In the 1930s, a biological research laboratory was established there by Edwin Embury, & was soon joined by the Great Barrier Reef Game Fish Angling Club, which attracted game fishermen such as Zane Grey, American novelist and filmmaker. Ansett acquired the island in 1947 and worked on the Royal Hayman Hotel, which opened in 1950 with a Royal Charter granted in anticipation of a royal visit. 5 x 5 1/2". Seller Inventory # 16691

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Royal Hayman Hotel, Hayman Island

Publication Date: 1950

Condition: Very good condition

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We have been booksellers for 48 years, members of the ABAA, ILAB & many prominent trade organizations. You may order from us with the security that an established & reputable bookseller offers you, who abides by the code of ethics established by ILAB. We offer old, rare & out of print books, maps, prints, ephemera & photographs on many subjects. We handle items in every fields. Some of our specialties include the Hudson River Valley, the Antarctic & Arctic, Australia & the South Pacific.

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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA
29 Garrisons Landing, Garrison, NY, 10524, U.S.A.

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