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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478860103321

Autore

Coltheart Lenore

Titolo

Albert Hall : the heart of Canberra / / Lenore Coltheart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, New South Wales : , : UNSW Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-74224-714-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

994.71

Soggetti

Historic buildings - Australia - Canberra (A.C.T.)

Electronic books.

Canberra (A.C.T.) Buildings, structures, etc

Canberra (A.C.T.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Groundwork -- Chp1: Connections -- Chp 2: Nourishing the Nation -- Chp 3: Friends and Neighbours -- Chp 4: Making Music -- Chp 5: A bill of Divorcement -- Part 2: Discovered Decades -- Chp 6: Restoration -- Chp 7: Our Capitol -- Chp 8: Dahlia Days -- Chp 9: Vitality and a Violin, in Velvet -- CHp 10: Albert and the School of Arts -- Part 3: The Age of Expansion -- Chp 11: The city, Sevenfold -- Chp 12: Model Nation -- Chp 13: My Mother made the Curtains -- Chp 14: Magic Pudding -- Chp 15: Parents and Citizens -- Part 4: The New Age -- Chp 16: The Getting of Government -- Chp 17: The Heritage of Absence -- Chp 18: Tin Cities -- Chp 19: Arts Adventures -- Chp 20: House of commons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Joan Sutherland's debut, the notorious Petrov Commission, a rumoured ghost and rowdy public meetings give Canberra's Albert Hall a history like no other. Albert Hall - the simple, elegant building at the heart of our national capital - was Canberra's only performing arts centre for its first 40 years. The venue for weekly dances, art exhibitions, and tours by the Royal Ballet and the Australian Ballet, Albert Hall has also hosted citizenship ceremonies and important national occasions. This beautifully illustrated book shares the history of this Canberra landmark for the first time.