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Built 1892, the architect was John Hall and Sons. South Brisbane Municipal Council was formed in 1888 covering Woolloongabba,West End, Highgate Hill, Dutton Park and South Brisbane. This was that Council’s HQ until the amalgamation of all the local councils into the Greater Brisbane City Council in 1925. That council used the ex-Town Hall as as a Works Deot then converted into flats for migrant City Engineers and families. In WWII (1942-44), it was the U.S. Provost Corps (military police) HQ. It was used as the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (C1967) and, later, part of Somerville House school.
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P.Newell and Unk White, Brisbane Sketchbook, (Brisbane: Rigby Ltd., 1967); Discover Queensland at war, www.ww2places.qld.gov.au;
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Map References
QSA. QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 120 links to the inch. Burns, Philip & Co’s, and Hancock’s Wharves, Parish of South Brisbane, County of Stanley. 120 links to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. (quarter-size). 620436