Marvellous Melbourne 8
by Linda Lees
Title
Marvellous Melbourne 8
Artist
Linda Lees
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Photograph - Photography
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Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the State of Victoria.
Melbourne was officially incorporated as a town on 13 December 1842, with Henry Condell as its first Mayor. However, it wasn't until 1854 that its first Town Hall was completed. Begun in 1851, the work ground to a halt with the beginning of the Victorian gold rush. The foundation stone of a new, grander Town Hall was laid on 29 November 1867 by the visiting Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, after the demolition of the first. The current Town Hall officially opened on 9 August 1870 with a lavish ball, which was personally funded by the Lord Mayor Samuel Amess.
The Town Hall was designed by the famous local architect Joseph Reed, in the Second Empire style.
Featured in Women Photographers 15 September 2013
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Ella Kaye
beautiful and my fav or Melbourne; v/fav
Linda Lees replied:
Thank you for taking the time to view my latest work and leave your kind messages Ella, I appreciate it :-)