The Box Hill Town Hall is a landmark civic building located (at 37.8191°S 145.1266°E) on Whitehorse Road, Box Hill

Box Hill, Victoria

Box Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill had a population of 8,616....

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. Designed in the Neo-Grec

Neo-Grec

Neo-Grec is a term referring to late manifestations of Neoclassicism, early Neo-Renaissance now called the Greek Revival style, which was popularized in architecture, the decorative arts, and in painting during France's Second Empire, or the reign of Napoleon III, a period that lasted...

 style by architect

Architect

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s JS Gawler and JCA Isbett, the town hall was built between 1934 and 1935. It was the administrative and community headquarters of the City of Box Hill

City of Box Hill

The City of Box Hill was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1927 until 1994.-History:...

 prior to that city’s amalgamation with the City of Nunawading

City of Nunawading

The City of Nunawading was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1925 until 1994.-History:...

 to form the new City of Whitehorse

City of Whitehorse

The City of Whitehorse is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has a estimated population of 155,725 people....

 in 1994.

The town hall is described as having "regional architectural, historic and social importance" by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)

National Trust of Australia

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. Its imposing façade has been utilised by the television series Neighbours

Neighbours

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as the external setting for the court house in the fictional town of Erinsborough

Erinsborough

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. The interior includes a main hall and other community and meeting spaces. There are two dates engraved on the town hall’s portico

Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

– 1927, the year Box Hill was proclaimed a city, and 1994, the year of amalgamation. The crest of the former City of Box Hill is also featured on the portico.

In 2006, the town hall underwent a $6.5 million redevelopment as a hub for community based services and programs and a home for the City of Whitehorse arts and historical collections.

External links

• Box Hill Town Hall (City of Whitehorse)