The Rockdale Town Hall is a civic building located on the corner of the
Princes Highway
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and Bryant Street in
Rockdale, a suburb of
Sydney
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Australia
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.
History
Rockdale Town Hall was opened by
The Rt Hon. The Lord Wakehurst ,
Governor of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the A ...
, on 12 October 1940. The building was designed by then-local architect
Douglas Gardiner
Douglas Babbington Gardiner (26 February 1905 – 23 May 2001) was an Australian architect active in the mid 20th century as a partner of Bates Smart & McCutcheon.Goad, P. ''Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture'' Thames & Hudson Au ...
, who became a
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
-based partner of
Bates Smart & McCutcheon after World War II.
Built at a cost of
A£20,000, the council chamber was at the time of construction and the auditorium was . It is built of face brick detailed with stone at copings and around window architraves. The building entrance is marked by a stone portico and brick tower. The hall's interiors have elaborate art deco style plaster details to it walls and ceiling. The building is listed on local government heritage register within the
New South Wales Heritage Database
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as "a fine representative example of a late inter-war
stripped classical building with functionalist influences".
See also
*
List of town halls in Sydney
This is a list of Town Halls in Sydney, Australia, with local municipality listed after it. Its main town hall is the Sydney City Hall.
* Alexandria
* Annandale
* Balmain
* Botany
* Darlington
* Erskineville
* Glebe
* Granville
* Hornsby
...
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Architecture of Sydney
The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local m ...
References
{{Town halls in Sydney
Government buildings completed in 1940
Town halls in Sydney
Art Deco architecture in Sydney
1940 establishments in Australia