The Box Hill Town Hall is a landmark civic building located (at ) on

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, Box Hill,

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. Designed in the

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style by

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s JS Gawler and JCA Isbett, the

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was built between 1934 and 1935. It was the administrative and community headquarters of the

City of Box Hill The City of Box Hill was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1927 until 1994. History Box Hill was originally included in the Nunawading R ...

prior to that city’s amalgamation with the

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to form the new

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in 1994. The town hall is described as having "regional architectural, historic and social importance" by the

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. Its imposing façade has been utilised by the television series ''

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'' as the external setting for the court house in the fictional town of

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. The interior includes a main hall and other community and meeting spaces. There are two dates engraved on the town hall’s

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– 1927, the year Box Hill was proclaimed a city, and 1994, the year of amalgamation. The crest of the former City of Box Hill is also featured on the portico. In 2006, the town hall underwent a $6.5 million redevelopment as a hub for community-based services and programs and a home for the City of Whitehorse arts and historical collections.

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