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The sculpture was officially unveiled on 2 July with an address by Sir William Deane.
Opened in July 1920 and designed by Albert Selmar Conrad, the four-storeyed Grosvenor with its 368 bedrooms (each with a wash basin) and marble façade rivalled the South Australian Hotel.