Burt Memorial Hall

Coordinates: 31°57′21.83″S 115°51′40.79″E / 31.9560639°S 115.8613306°E / -31.9560639; 115.8613306

Burt Hall from the west

Burt Memorial Hall is a hall located in Cathedral Square on St Georges Terrace, in Perth, Western Australia.

Septimus and Louisa Burt gifted it to the Anglican Church in Perth, in memory of their sons who had lost their lives in World War I, Theodore in 1917, and Francis in 1918.[1]

The site was formerly the location of an old bungalow building used as a military officers quarters before becoming a church office.[2]

The foundation stone was laid on 26 October 1917 by Sir John Forrest, and the hall was opened on 12 June 1918 by Lieutenant Governor Sir Edward Albert Stone. The hall was designed by George Herbert Parry and built by C W Arnott.[3]

The hall was utilised for a number of activities, including proselytising for secession in the 1930s.[4]

The hall was renovated in the late 1930s, with reopening celebrated in 1939.[5] Further renovations occurred in 2010, with a 2014 completion, including a re-roofing.

References

  1. ↑ Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Burt Memorial Hall (PDF), Heritage Council of Western Australia, 2004-02-20, retrieved 2016-03-20
  2. ↑ "PICTORIAL FLASHBACK". The Daily News. LXVIII, (23,533) (Western Australia). 14 September 1950. p. 9 (FINAL). Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia. Pictorial Flashback has a photograph at the top of the article showing the style of the architecture, the verandahs and roof style, taken from St Georges Terrace
  3. ↑ http://heritageperth.com.au/properties/burt-memorial-hall/ Burt Memorial Hall
  4. ↑ Lovekin, A; Western Australia; Dominion League of Western Australia (1930), Can we secede from the Commonwealth? : a paper read before the Dominion League of Western Australia at Burt Memorial Hall, Perth, on May 23, 1930, Fred. Wm. Simpson, Government Printer, retrieved 20 March 2016
  5. ↑ "Burt Memorial Hall Re-opening". The Daily News. LVII, (19,961) (Western Australia). 18 March 1939. p. 23. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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