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A plaque commemorates the centenary of the opening of the Dandenong Town Hall. 

The Dandenong Town Hall, Lonsdale Street, was built in Free Classical style in 1890 as the combined Shire Hall, Courthouse and Mechanics Institute, at a cost of about 12,000 pounds. The architects were Beswicke and Hutchins and the contractor McCullogh and McAlpine. The two-storey, stucco rendered brick building, on a bluestone base course, features a lofty, Mansard-roofed, corner clock tower and projecting end wings with serlian motif windows and capped by pedimented niches.

Location

Address:Lonsdale & Walker Streets, Drum Theatre (Former Town Hall), Dandenong, 3175
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.987978
Long: 145.214568
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:Local
Approx. Event Start Date:1890
Approx. Event End Date:1990

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Monday 3rd September, 1990
Front Inscription
THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY THE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DANDENONG

       CR.IAN McDONALD,
                        ON
MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 1990
TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE
OPENING OF THE DANDENONG TOWN HALL.

CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
    CR.WAL TURNER, J.P., CHAIRPERSON
ALBERT BRAMLEY, EDNA BRAMLEY, KARYN HUMPHREYS,
CR. MAURIE JARVIS, M.B.E., J.P., CR. IAN McDONALD, MAYOR,
EILEEN QUIGLEY, CR.GARY SCATES, CLAIRE STONIER-KIPEN,
     MAC TITCHER, MICHAEL TONTA


 
Source: MA
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