Dallas Brooks Hall was an Australian events venue in

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. Built in 1969, the building was named after the 19th

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Dallas Brooks General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, (22 August 1896 – 22 March 1966) was a British military commander who went on to become the 19th and longest-serving governor of Victoria, Australia. Early life Brooks was born on 22 August 1896 a ...

. It was designed by the architecture firm

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. It was later renamed the "Dallas Brooks Centre". In 2015, Victorian state government approval was given to demolish the hall and build residential apartments in its place."State Government approves Dallas Brooks towers in support of city growth"
''Herald Sun'', 5 March 2015. There was some controversy about the height of the apartment residential development built on the site.

Events held at the venue

Music

Musicians who played at the Dallas Brooks Hall include:

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

, Dutch fusion band Focus supported by a local band Sebastian Hardy, Rory Gallagher,

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

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(first Australian tour),

John Cale John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styl ...

and

Jonathan Richman Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...

(August 27, 1983), blues duo Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, country outlaw

Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) was an American country music and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He was best ...

(on 13 and 15 May 1981), country singer Crystal Gayle, McGuinn Clark and Hillman (Byrds), Rosanne Cash with

Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and '' Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style ...

, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Politics

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ...

started the

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's campaign for the

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with a speech at the Dallas Brooks Hall.

References

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