Warracknabeal Town Hall, Scott St, Warracknabeal (Spring 2009)

Digital Innovations Preservation, Victoria

In 2008, ADMS member Dr Timothy Hubbard and his firm, Heritage Matters, were engaged by Heritage Victoria to survey cinemas in country Victoria. The resultant report , entitled Jaffas Down the Aisles, recommended adding 10 cinemas to the Victorian Heritage Register. As a result, cinemas at Lorne, Winchelsea, Horsham, Ararat, Koroit, Sorrento, Ballarat, Charlton and Yarram have been included on the …

Warracknabeal Town Hall, Scott St, Warracknabeal (Spring 2006)

Digital Innovations Preservation, Victoria

The rural city of Warracknabeal in north west Victoria boasts a wonderful Town Hall dating from 1940 and designed by Seabrook & Fildes, who were amongst Victoria’s leading modernist architects. However, after relocation of Council’s business functions to a modern building, the Town Hall was allowed to deteriorate. The Council recently issued a questionaire seeking opinions about its future. Imagine …