HIRING TOWN HALL

DID YOU KNOW?

Sydney Town Hall is built on the site of Sydney's first official European cemetery.

The Vestibule chandelier is lit with has over 170 lamps and is lowered twice a year for maintenance and cleaning.

The Vestibule chandelier is lit with over 170 lamps and is lowered twice a year for maintenance and cleaning.

For its time, Sydney's Grand Organ was considered by Westminster Abbey's organist as the 'finest organ ever built by an English organ builder'.

The City's first Royal visitor, HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, laid the foundation stone for Sydney Town Hall on 4 April 1868.

Four huge bronze bells play the Westminster chimes on the quarter hour and chime the number of the hour, on the hour.

The electric passenger lift in Town Hall, installed in 1906, is the oldest working lift in continuous use in Australia.

The citizens of Sydney were granted a public holiday on the day Sydney Town Hall opened on 27 November 1889.

The ceiling in Centennial Hall is made of Wunderlich pressed metal panels. In 1888, it was claimed that it could withstand the playing of the highest organ note.

There was no one single architect for Sydney Town Hall. At least eight men contributed to its final design over a period of 21 years.

The first meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held in November 1842.

Meeting Rooms

Level 4 of Town Hall House contains two meeting rooms, the Marconi Room and adjoining Terrace and the large Southern Function Room overlooking Sydney Square. Unique inner city venues perfect for meetings, training sessions and business registrations provide overflow accommodation for venue hirers using the Vestibule and Centennial Hall or separate meeting rooms with an attractive sheltered outdoor terrace.

Venue

The Marconi Room and adjoining Terrace and the large Southern Function Room overlooking Sydney Square provide unique inner-city venues perfect for meetings, training sessions and business registrations. Used in conjunction with the Vestibule and Centennial Hall, these rooms can offer overflow space, practice rooms, support and storage space for large-scale events, performance groups, graduations and exhibitions.