The Redfern Town Hall is a landmark

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civic building located in the heart of ,

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. built in 1870 and designed in the Victorian Regency style by

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. It was the seat of the

Municipality of Redfern The Municipality of Redfern was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The small municipality was proclaimed in 1859 as one of the first municipalities proclaimed under the new provisions of the ''Municipalities Act, 1858' ...

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, 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

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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, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing tea ...

, was officially formed. when administrator

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, cricketer Victor Trumper and politician

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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

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's proclamation of the Municipality of Northcott (later the City of South Sydney). When the

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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.

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{{South Sydney Rabbitohs 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

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