The Redfern Town Hall is a landmark
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
civic building located in the heart of ,
New South Wales
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Australia. built in 1870 and designed in the
Victorian Regency style by
George Allen Mansfield
George Allen Mansfield (15 June 1834 – 20 January 1908) was a prominent Australian architect of the nineteenth century who designed many iconic buildings in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Life
Born in 1834 in Sydney, his father, the R ...
. It was the seat of the
Municipality of Redfern from 1870 to 1948. It stands at 73 Pitt Street, Redfern.
History and description
On 10 May 1904, the local Member for Redfern and Leader of the
NSW Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), also known as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the members of the party caucus, comprising all party mem ...
,
James McGowen, launched the State Labor Party's
1904 election campaign at the Town Hall.
Redfern Town Hall was the site of a meeting of
Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
players in 1908, at which the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, now the
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are ...
, was officially formed.
when administrator
J J Giltinan, cricketer
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper (2 November 1877 – 28 June 1915) was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found ...
and politician
Henry Hoyle
Henry "Harry" Clement Hoyle (20 November 1852 – 20 July 1926) was an Australian politician and rugby league football administrator of the 1890s and 1900s. A life member of the New South Wales Rugby League, Hoyle is credited with helping ...
came together in front of a large crowd of supporters.
[Ian Heads, ''South Sydney, Pride of the League'', Lothian, 2000.] On 7 August 1968 Redfern Town Hall was the site of the Chief Commissioner of Sydney
Vernon Treatt's proclamation of the Municipality of Northcott (later the
City of South Sydney). When the
Redfern Legal Centre
Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is an independent, non-profit community legal centre established in 1977 and located in the Sydney inner-city of Redfern, New South Wales. It is part of a network of four inner-Sydney region community legal centres ...
was established in March 1977, South Sydney Council offered the town hall rent-free and it has been its home since then. The town hall was restored in the 1990s and in 2000 it was placed on the City of Sydney Local Environmental Plan as a part of the Redfern Estate Heritage Conservation Area as well as an individual heritage item.
Gallery
Image:Redfern Town Hall, 1871 by Charles Pickering.jpg, Town Hall in 1871, first Mayor George Renwick is standing on the balcony.
Image:Redfern legal centre.jpg, Redfern Town Hall in 2008.
See also
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List of town halls in Sydney
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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
External links
Redfern Town Hall
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Government buildings completed in 1870
Victorian Regency architecture in New South Wales
Town halls in Sydney
1970 establishments in Australia
Sandstone buildings in Australia
Redfern, New South Wales