Adelaide - City Council, Town Hall and Allied Matters
The Town Hall
The new town hall buildings are discussed in the Register,
4 March 1858, page 2f,
25 August 1858, pages 2c-3a,
7, 14, 16, 22 and 23 January 1864, pages 3c, 3b, 3f, 2d and 3e,
19 May 1866, page 2e,
Observer,
25 January 1868, page 9g.
Historical information on its foundation stone is in the Register,
18 November 1919, page 6e.
Illumination of the town hall is discussed in the Observer,
19 May 1866, page 5h,
27 October 1866, page 5h.
A proposal to build a town hall is discussed in the Observer,
28 August 1858, page 6f; also see
Chronicle,
1 October 1859, page 2f.
Information on the Town Hall is in the Register,
1, 2, 29, 30 and 31 December 1862, pages 3d, 3a, 3b, 2g and 3c,
8 April 1863, page 2e,
5 May 1863, page 3c,
7 and 16 January 1864, pages 3c and 2f,
14 August 1865, page 3e,
15 September 1865, page 3a,
11, 12 and 30 April 1866, pages 3d, 3e and 2h,
Chronicle,
3 January 1863, page 3e,
Advertiser,
14 January 1864, page 2d,
16, 17 and 25 April 1866, pages 3a, 3d and 2f,
Express,
14, 16 and 24 April 1866, pages 2b, 3e and 2d,
21 June 1866, page 2b,
Register,
20, 21 and 22 June 1866, pages 2f, 2g and 2e,
16 January 1868, page 3b,
Observer,
8 July 1882, page 8c.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1876,
May 1887, page 69.
Information on the Albert Bells is in the Chronicle,
16 January 1864, page 5b,
3 September 1864, page 7g,
Observer,
23 January 1864, page 6e,
21 May 1864, page 4g,
3 September 1864, page 4f,
30 June 1866, page 5d.
Information on the Albert Tower is in the Register,
16, 21 and 26 January 1864, pages 2f, 3d and 2c,
30 November 1865, page 3g,
Chronicle,
2 December 1865, page 6b,
30 June 1866, page 1g (supp.).
"The Albert Bells Nuisance" is in the Register,
26 October 1866, page 2g,
2 April 1867, page 2e,
29 and 30 May 1867, pages 2e and 2g,
4 June 1867, page 3g,
6 July 1867, page 2f,
7 and 10 April 1869, pages 3d and 3c.
A poem titled "The Bells" is in The Adelaide Punch,
7 September 1878, page 12.
"Town Hall Bells" is in the Register,
13 August 1912, page 6e,
"The Town Hall Chimes - Out of Tune" in The Mail,
25 July 1925, page 1d; also see
The News,
14 February 1929, page 9c,
"Bells of Adelaide - Some Distinctive Peals" in The News,
22 October 1929, page 5b.
A fire is reported in the Express,
12 September 1866, page 3a.
Information on the town hall theatre is in the Observer,
7, 14 and 21 March 1868, pages 13f, 4c-6a and 6f.
"Mr Coppin and the Town Hall" is in the Register,
11 October 1867, page 2d.
Also see Entertainment and the Arts
- Theatres under "George Coppin".
"Tight Rope Feats" at the town hall are reported in the Observer,
18 April 1868, page 3g.
Information on the town hall theatre is in the Observer,
7 and 14 March 1868, pages 13f and 4c-6a and 6f.
"The Town Hall Orchestra" is in the Register,
5 September 1877, page 1f (supp.).
"The Decoration of the Town Hall" is in the Observer,
6 October 1877, page 7c.
Town Hall Inaugural Concerts" is in the Chronicle,
6 and 13 October 1877, pages 15e and 15d,
"The Mayor's Concerts" in the Express,
9 September 1878, page 3d.
A photograph of the 1880s is in the Observer,
24 November 1928, page 37.
An art exhibition at the Town Hall is reported in the Observer,
2 March 1878, page 24e.
The opening of an exhibition in the Town Hall is reported in the Register,
23 October 1886, page 6g.
A flower show at the Town Hall is reported in the Observer,
5 November 1881, page 10e.
Thought-reading seances at the town hall are reported in the Express,
22, 23 and 26 March 1886, pages 3c, 3e and 4a.
"The Town Hall" is in the Express,
1 August 1899, page 3e.
A Police band concert at the Town Hall is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1889, page 15g.
A Town Hall fair is reported in the Register,
2 October 1889, page 7a and
a floral fair on
27 May 1890, page 7a.
Renovations to the hall are reported upon in the Register,
26 June 1897, page 7e; also see
18 and 31 July 1899, pages 5b and 4g-5a,
1 August 1899, page 3e.
A Halloween social is reported upon in the Register,
30 October 1897, page 7a.
"Vagaries of a Town Clock" is in the Register,
27 January 1899, page 5b.
"Clock for Town Hall and Tower" is in the Advertiser,
19 September 1934, page 19c.
Information on the development of the Town Hall is in the Register,
18 November 1919, page 6e; also see
The Mail,
25 February 1928, page 3b.
"Town Hall Accommodation - Deputation of Musical Societies" is in the Register,
14 March 1899, pages 3f-4g.
"Improvements at the Town Hall" is in the Register,
27 January 1900, page 7b.
"Oratorio in the Town Hall" is in the Register,
4 October 1900, page 4d.
"Lighting the Town Hall" is in the Register,
27 February 1906, page 7e.
Recommended improvements are discussed in the Register,
11 October 1910, page 6h.
"A Peep at the Belfry" is in the Register,
31 December 1910, page 14h.
"Town Hall Too Small" is in the Register,
31 March 1911, page 4e.
"Adelaide's Small Town Hall" is in the Register,
12 November 1919, page 7d;
its rejuvenation is commented upon on
17 March 1920, page 6e.
"Picture Shows in Town Hall" is in the Register,
8 June 1911, page 9e,
"Profit From Pictures" on
29 and 30 November 1911, pages 5c-6e and 5g.
An increase in hire charges for the town hall are discussed in the Express
19 June 1911, page 4e.
"Uproar in the Town Hall - Australian Flag Hooted" is in the Express,
22 October 1912, page 4g.
"Hire of Town Hall [by Greater Wondergraph Co. Ltd]" is in the Register,
10 September 1912, page 12f.
A jubilee of the town hall is reported in the Observer,
26 June 1926, page 46,
Chronicle,
26 June 1926, page 54.
A photograph of the cleaning of the town hall tower is in the Chronicle,
27 May 1922, page 28.
"The Town Hall 56 Years Ago" is in the Advertiser,
20 June 1922, page 6g.
Its diamond jubilee is reported on
18, 19, 22 and 30 June 1926, pages 16b, 12h, 16a and 15c;
Register,
21 and 22 July 1926, pages 10d and 10a.
A jubilee of the opening of the town hall is reported in the Express,
21 June 1916.
A Town Hall "enlargement scheme" is reported in the Advertiser,
15 and 18 June 1929, pages 13a and 15c.
"Where Is Town Hall's Foundation Stone?" is in The News,
22 June 1932, page 4e.
"No Need for New Town Hall" is in The News,
16 August 1934, page 10e.
