The Bendigo Town Hall is considered one of the finest Victorian-era Second Empire buildings in Australia. It was originally designed by the town clerk, George Avery Fletcher in 1859.
1866: Council chamber was added.
1871-1872: The Corn Exchange (a hall for the trading of grain) was added, also.
1878: Architect William (Wilheim) Vahland was engaged to convert the town hall into something worthy of Bendigo’s leading position of being the “City of Gold”.
Vahland engaged Otto Waschatz to design the town hall’s interior which featured decorative plaster adorned with 22-carat gold leaf, reflecting the opulence of the “city built on gold”.
1885: The end result, was considered one of Vahland’s most significant works and has been considered the finest “boom style” building of its kind in Victoria.
2003: Extensive works undertaken returned the Bendigo Town Hall to its 19th century splendour.
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