The Port Melbourne Town Hall was erected in 1882. The Town Hall is an important element in the historic Bay Street streetscape of inner city

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. After the amalgamation of the City of Port Melbourne with the City of

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...

and the City of St Kilda in 1994 to form the

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, the Town Hall now functions as secondary offices for the Port Phillip City Council of the new City of Port Phillip.

Architecture

The architect J. J. Wild employed a free

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style architectural motifs in the form of two projecting end

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s and a central tower, unified at ground floor level by an

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surmounted by

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. The cast iron fencing at the sides is in very good condition. The Town Hall survives substantially intact as shown in an illustration of 1882, except that the cement render has been painted. The facade of the rear 1915 wing survives in its original condition.

Architecture

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