74:(c1833-1915), who had made a fortune in gold mining, and had a wide range of business interests. In 1888-9 Wilson bought the adjacent site and built the Palace Hotel, with a large dining room at ground level, both accessed from the Victoria Arcade. In 1890 the Bijou was destroyed by fire, and immediately rebuilt to a larger scale, and at the same time the Palace Hotel dining room was refitted as a theatre, called the Gaiety. The architect for both was George Johnson.
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