Fine example of an Australian hotel with verandas and wrought iron lace work. Mount Gambier Hotel South Australia. Image by denisbin Brief History of Mt Gambier – the second city of SA after Adelaide (region population nearly 35,000, urban 28,000). Lieutenant James Grant aboard the Lady Nelson sighted and named Mt Gambier in 1800 after a Lord of the Admiralty. The first … [Read more...] about Fine example of an Australian hotel with verandas and wrought iron lace work. Mount Gambier Hotel South Australia.