Helen Pitt

I think you'd probably call him a businessman along the lines of Christopher Scace these days in that he would start up these schemes and then they would fail.

And then he wouldn't be able to return to the place that he came because he had a health issue that prevented him from returning to Brisbane.

He had osteoarthritis.

And funny, he could fly to America, but he couldn't fly back to Brisbane where he had creditors.

Precisely, it is, yes.

It's where the name comes from.

And interestingly, there was a White City also in Perth.

So there was a White City in Sydney and a White City in Perth.

And it was shut down, the one in Perth, because the snake charmer, Cleopatra, got bitten by one of her venomous vapours and died.

Snake.

Snake charmers.

And then there was boxing and illegal gambling was actually shut, the one in Perth.

Well, the Depression bit into its profits.

Owners asked for a rent reduction from Glenelg Town Council.

They were denied that.

But then also they asked for permission to open on Sundays.

Now, there were strict laws preventing South Australian businesses trading on a Sunday.

Was that an issue?

Yep, absolutely.

They did not like the characters that came there.