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Site of original Shire Hall, now Linton Community Hub

from the audio walk Historic Tour of Linton: Walk 1 | LINTON

Historic Tour of Linton: Walk 1
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39:42 min Audio
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Site of original Shire Hall, now Linton Community Hub

The newly-formed Shire of Grenville acquired this site and built the Shire offices and Hall in 1861-2. The two-storey brick building housed offices and a Council Chamber on the ground floor, with a hall above for events such as meetings and concerts.

The first photo shows Grenville Shire Councillors in front of the original building, while the second and third photos are of the offices after 1887. By 1938, the building had deteriorated, and a new Art-Deco style office was opened in 1939 (third photo).

In 1989, extensive interior alterations were made, and in 1994, following Shire amalgamations, Grenville Shire became part of Golden Plains Shire. The council later vacated the building, which stood empty until local community groups began using it.

In 2024, the building became the Linton Community Hub, managed by a committee representing a range of local community groups.


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Other stops on this audio tour:

Introduction (1:53 min) • 64-66 Sussex Street - site of Austin's tailor shop, J Y Clarke barber and tobacconist, and Barr's drapery store (1:36 min) • 62 Sussex Street - site of Royal Standard Hotel (1:00 min) • 58 Sussex Street - former home of the Allan family and Hall's Bakery (0:45 min) • 56 Sussex Street - former home of Ernest and Fanny Ball (0:22 min) • 54 Sussex Street - former home of Oscar and Elizabeth Ball (0:41 min) • 52 Sussex Street - site of Ball Brothers' Blacksmiths (0:51 min) • 46 Sussex Street - former first house of Oscar Ball (0:44 min) • Pioneer Memorial (0:37 min) • Site of Bryant's Shop, on the street behind the memorial (0:54 min) • 53 Sussex Street - former home of Nellie Gray, opera singer (0:55 min) • 55 Sussex Street - former home of Cassie McBeath (0:34 min) • 57 Sussex Street - former Bank of New South Wales (0:55 min) • 59 Sussex Street - former Linton Post Office (1:02 min) • 61-63 Sussex Street - site of Bennett's and Todd's Butchery (1:34 min) • 65 Sussex Street - former Todd family home (0:45 min) • 67 Sussex Street - Linton Library (1:47 min) • 69 Sussex Street - Linton and District Historical Society: The Letty Armstrong Resource Centre, formerly Nelson's Undertakers (1:39 min) • 71-73 Sussex St – Railway Hotel (1:28 min) • Site of original Grenville Standard office, between Railway Hotel and Murrell's Newsagency (0:42 min) • 75 Sussex Street - former Murrell's Newsagency (0:53 min) • 77 Sussex Street - site of previous Linton fire station (1:17 min) • 79 Sussex Street (0:21 min) • 79A Sussex Street - former Bennett's Garage (0:40 min) • 81 Sussex Street - formerly sweet and green grocery shop (1:00 min) • 87 Sussex Street - site of G G Bennett's butcher's shop (1:17 min) • 89 Sussex Street - former Nichol's Bakehouse (0:50 min) • From 91 Sussex Street to corner of Gillespie Street - site of Ellington House, Black Swan Hotel, and Preston's shop (1:20 min) • 90 Sussex Street - Traquair House, site of Bank of New South Wales 1861-1904 (1:25 min) • 88 Sussex Street - former Bonthorn's/Sandow's/Jennings' shop (1:17 min) • 84 Sussex Street - site of Ching's grocery store and residence (1:01 min) • 80 Sussex Street - former Nicholls'/Morgan's/Verdoorn's grocery store (1:32 min) • 76-78 Sussex Street - site of original Wesleyan Methodist Church and Joseph Shepherd's house (1:08 min) • 74 Sussex St - site of Shepherd's grocery store and ironmongery store (1:24 min) • 68 Sussex Street - site of Criterion House (1:33 min) • Conclusion (0:51 min)


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