Albert Hall : the heart of Canberra / Lenore Coltheart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coltheart, Lenore, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albert Hall (Canberra, A.C.T.)--History.

Albert Hall (Canberra, A.C.T.).

Historic buildings--Australia--Australian Capital Territory.

Historic buildings.

History.

Australia.

Australian Capital Territory.

Buildings--Australia--Canberra (A.C.T.).

Buildings.

Canberra (A.C.T.)--History.

Canberra (A.C.T.).

Physical Description:

x, 318 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

Albert Hall-the simple, elegant building at the heart of our national capital - was Canberra's unofficial town hall for its first 40 years. Coronation banquets and balls, performances by international stars, weekly dances, art exhibitions, Australia's first citizenship ceremony and addresses by Bertrand Russell and HG wells all features in Albert Hall's remarkable past. Told here for the first time, the stories of Albert Hall are both publicly significant and vividly personal, and they mirror the story of Canberra itself. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Groundwork 1926-34

1 Connections 3

2 Nourishing the nation 18

3 Friends and neighbours 35

4 Making music 49

5 A bill of divorcement 57

Part 2 Discovered Decades 1935-57

6 Restoration 67

7 Our capitol 79

8 Dahlia days 102

9 Vitality and a violin, in velvet 128

10 Albert and the school of arts 156

Part 3 The Age of Expansion 1958-88

11 The city, sevenfold 185

12 Model nation 197

13 My mother made the curtains 213

14 Magic Pudding 222

15 Parents and citizens 228

Part 4 The New Age From 1989

16 The getting of government 235

17 The heritage of absence 246

18 Tin cities 252

19 Arts adventures 266

20 House of commons 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781742234045

1742234046

OCLC:

889326354