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Date: 1897-1899 Type: Town Hall Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 27°45'26.86" S 29°55'53.75" E Alt: 1196m

See more photographs (design published in Australia by the Building, Engineering and Mining Journal 23 Dec 1899; SAWW 1910) Transcription of Memorial stone: MEMORIAL STONE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA JUNE 22ND 1897 HON. A.J. CRAWFORD M.L.C. Mayor See also the Memorial to the Newcastle Mounted Rifles. During the occupation by the Boers (October-May 1900), looted furniture was stacked in the Town Hall and dynamite stored under the floor in one of the dressing rooms. For some unknown reason the Boers decided not to blow up the Hall before they departed. (Anonymous, 1970s:17) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Anonymous . 1970s. Historic - Historiese Newcastle Natal. Newcastle: Unidentified. pg 6, 17 + ill Hillebrand, Melanie. 1975. Aspects of architecture in Natal, 1880-1914. Pietermaritzburg: Unpublished MA. Dept Fine Art and History of Art, University of Natal. pg 187 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 235