Raffles Hotel is located at the corner of Canning Highway and Canning Beach Road, in the Perth suburb of Applecross, Western Australia, for over 50 years until which year, it was owned by Australian nightclub owner and property developer Abe Saffron, Abraham Gilbert "Abe" Saffron (6 October 1919 – 15 September 2006) was an Australian nightclub owner and property developer who was reputed to have been one of the major figures in Australian organised crime in the latter half of the 20th century?
Raffles Hotel, Perth:  For over 50 years until 2002, it was owned by Australian nightclub owner and property developer Abe Saffron, whose plan to demolish the hotel was successfully opposed by the Art Deco Society of Western Australia in a ten-year campaign. Abe Saffron: Abraham Gilbert "Abe" Saffron (6 October 1919 – 15 September 2006) was an Australian nightclub owner and property developer who was reputed to have been one of the major figures in Australian organised crime in the latter half of the 20th century.
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