Port Augusta Town Hall: official opening |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title : | Port Augusta Town Hall: official opening |
|
|
| Source : | The Port Augusta Town Hall, official opening : programme ... together with a brief history of Port Augusta Town Hall | ||
| Place Of Creation : | [Port Augusta, S.Aust.] | ||
| Publisher : | Town of Port Augusta | ||
| Date of creation : | [1946?] | ||
| Additional Creator : | Port Augusta (S. Aust.). Corporation | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
| Catalogue record | |||
| The State Library of South Australia is keen to find out more about SA Memory items. We encourage you to contact the Library if you have additional information about any of these items. | |||
| Copyright : | Reproduction rights are owned by State Library of South Australia. This image may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires permission from the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
Port Augusta's first town hall was erected in 1886-1887. However in 1944 the main hall was destroyed by fire. Fortunately the facade of the building survived and was incorporated when the town hall was rebuilt and reopened in 1946. The original town hall was constructed of brownstone sourced from Quorn, and decorated with Ionic columns and pediment gables either side of a square tower which housed the town clock. This had been presented by JW Martin of Adelaide in 1881 some years prior to the town hall being built. The town hall became redundant when the Port Augusta Civic Centre was built in 1982. The town hall is listed on the Register of the National Estate. |
| Subjects | |
| Related names : | Port Augusta (S. Aust) |
| Coverage year : | 1946 |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Place : | Port Augusta |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Anderson, R. J. Solid town: the history of Port Augusta [Port Augusta, S. Aust.]: R.J. Anderson, 1988 Branson, V. M. Port Augusta sketchbook, Adelaide: Rigby, 1977 |
| Internet links : |
 | | |
Copyright and this website | Contact us | Accessibility | Disclaimer | Privacy | Research enquiries | FOI |   | |
