munitions heiress Bertha Krupp, who donated a Bechstein grand piano to the hotel; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, for whom the Blue Mountains were the inspiration for The Lost World; and more recently, Russell Crowe who was asked to remove his baseball cap while dining in the Great Dining Hall in 1994. Boxer Tommy Burns set up a training camp at the Hydro Majestic ahead of his world title fight against Jack Johnson in Sydney in 1908, running for miles on mountain tracks in preparation. Australia's former first Prime Minister, Sir Edmund Barton he had retired from politics and was then a justice of the High Court died of a heart attack at the hotel while holidaying there in 1920. See also References External links Accor hotels Hotels in New South Wales Heritage hotels in Australia Art Deco architecture in New South Wales Buildings and structures in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales) 1891 establishments in Australia