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North Melbourne Town Hall, 1960's

1960's

Record details

Title:

Date of work:

1960's

Search dates:

01 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1969

Reference number:

20245

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materials

Part of:

Sub-collection: North Melbourne and West Melbourne (HC_NORTH)

Access restrictions:

Unrestrictedlibrary owns image (image on public access)

Use restrictions:

Unrestricted

General notes:

North Melbourne Town Hall and Post Office, from the corner of Errol St and Queensbury St, 1960's.Notes: A relative number of tramway electric cables cross the centre of the scene like an industrial spiderweb, as locals go about their day on the streets nearby. A row of five public telephone boxes can be seen on the Queensbury St side of the Town Hall. The clock tower declares it to be 9:10 am.The site was originally the town Courthouse, and building of the Town hall was completed in early 1876. The cost was £12,000 (approx. $2,116,000.00 in 2020).(Source: https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/australiacompare/relativevalue.php).The building was designed by architect Mr. George R. Johnson, and the contractor was Mr. David Parry.(Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60447008)The building was renamed North Melbourne Town Hall in August, 1887 when the town was renamed North Melbourne.

Names:

Johnson, George Raymond, (1840–1898)

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