Talk:T. F. Much Ballroom

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Original uses[edit]

I believe that for more than 40 years it was used as a meeting hall. I'm also led to believe that it was built in the 1910s(??)paid for by public subsription by Melbourne catholics. I'm also certain that Mannix did some of his best anti-conscription harangues there. But I can't remember where I read this. It was only after its public use declined that it was used as a music 'hall' and by the 60s the inner-city crowd took it over. A most interesting building if only because of its many diverse past uses. Lentisco 05:40, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool[edit]

Haha, now there's a coincidence! I'm actually the only person to have ever written a full account of Central Hall's history (at ACU's behest in 2004). I'll see if I can get anything else specific on the TF Ballroom.

Lentisco, you're right on the mark with the background. Opened in 1903, it was the scene of every huge event of Catholic Melbourne for 50 years. To the list of Central Hall's uses can be added: Jazz nights (1920s), cinema (c. 1959), Italian dances (1950s-60s), and a boxing venue (1980s). Rob Lindsey 07:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]