Goondiwindi Civic Centre
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Goondiwindi Civic Centre, 2012
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| Location | 100 Marshall Street, Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°32′50″S 150°18′24″E / 28.5472°S 150.3067°ECoordinates: 28°32′50″S 150°18′24″E / 28.5472°S 150.3067°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Built for | Goondiwindi Town Council |
| Architect | Addison & MacDonald |
| Architectural style(s) | Modernism |
| Official name: Goondiwindi Civic Centre, Council Chambers, Town Hall (Civic Theatre) and Shops | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 9 July 1993 |
| Reference no. | 600531 |
| Significant period | 1930s; 1950s? (fabric) 1930s-1980s (historical, social) |
| Significant components | kitchen/kitchen house, auditorium, tower - clock, office/s, shop/s, council chamber/meeting room |
| Builders | Thomas Charles Clarke |
 Location of Goondiwindi Civic Centre in Queensland
Location of Goondiwindi Civic Centre in Queensland
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Goondiwindi Civic Centre is a heritage-listed town hall at 100 Marshall Street, Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Addison & MacDonald and built in 1937 by Thomas Charles Clarke. It is also known as Council Chambers, Town Hall, and Civic Theatre. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 9 July 1993.
The Goondiwindi Civic Centre comprises the Town Council Chambers, Town Hall and a set of shops linked by a common facade, in the main street of Goondiwindi. The Centre was designed by architects George Frederick Addison and Herbert Stanley MacDonald and built by Thomas Charles Clarke in 1937, and opened by the then Minister for Health and Home Affairs, Mr Ned Hanlon, in 1938.
The Centre was built with the assistance of the Queensland Government, with a loan of £10,333 and a subsidy of £5,167. The rents received by the Council from the building covered the repayments due by the Council, and the loan was repaid by c. 1953.
The Centre replaced the existing Council buildings which were considered unsafe for public use and the School of Arts building which was also in a poor state of repair. The Centre was considered an outstanding structure in Goondiwindi, and demonstrated the interest in the steady improvement of the town displayed by previous Councils.
The Council Chambers were substantially altered internally and extended in 1987.
The Town Hall was used as a commercial cinema for a number of years from around 1950 until 1978 and has received intermittent use since then. A new community centre was constructed in Goondiwindi in 1990, which has substantially taken over the function of the Town Hall.
The facade linking the Council Chambers and Town Hall, including the shops, has not been substantially altered since its construction.
The Goondiwindi Civic Centre is a complex of single storeyed rendered masonry buildings with corrugated iron roofs linked by an Art Deco parapeted street facade. The complex consists of the Council Chambers at the eastern end (which incorporates a 1987 blockwork extension to the rear), a row of four shops extending to the west, and an auditorium which is located behind the shops and is separated from the adjacent council chambers by a service courtyard. A kitchen wing extends from the south-eastern corner of the auditorium.
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