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Dallas Brooks Hall
Map
Address300 Albert Street
East Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates37°48′36″S 144°58′54″E / 37.8098951°S 144.9816961°E / -37.8098951; 144.9816961
Capacity2,300 [1]
Construction
Opened1969
Demolished2015

Dallas Brooks Hall was an Australian events venue in East Melbourne, Victoria. Built in 1969,[2] the building was named after the 19th Governor of Victoria, Dallas Brooks. It was designed by the architecture firm Godfrey and Spowers.[1] It was later[when?] renamed the "Dallas Brooks Centre".[3]

In 2015, Victorian state government approval was given to demolish the hall and build residential apartments in its place.[4] There was some controversy about the height of the apartment residential development built on the site.[5]

Events held at the venue[edit]

Music[edit]

Musicians who played at the Dallas Brooks Hall include: Tom Waits,[6] Dutch fusion band Focus supported by Sebastian Hardie, Rory Gallagher, Ravi Shankar, Talking Heads (first Australian tour), John Cale and Jonathan Richman, blues duo Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, country outlaw Jerry Jeff Walker, country singer Crystal Gayle, McGuinn Clark and Hillman (formerly of the Byrds), Rosanne Cash with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Politics[edit]

Malcolm Fraser started the Liberal Party of Australia's campaign for the 1975 Australian federal election with a speech at the Dallas Brooks Hall.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Victorian Heritage Database Report - Dallas Brooks Hall". Heritage Victoria. Government of Victoria. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ Shtargot, Sasha (28 October 2005). "New storeys for the old masonry". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Dallas Brooks Centre to be demolished". ABC News (Australia). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. ^ "State Government approves Dallas Brooks towers in support of city growth", Herald Sun, 5 March 2015.
  5. ^ Lucas, Clay (4 March 2015). "Planning Minister Richard Wynne makes first major approvals for Melbourne projects and suburbs and suburbs". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. ^ Courtis, Brian (15 October 1981). "Darkness and light from Waits". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Malcolm Fraser at the launch of the Liberal Party's election campaign at Dallas Brooks Hall, Melbourne, 1975". National Archives of Australia. Government of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Brooks_Hall