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Adelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. ==Description and history== Adelaide Town Hall was designed by Edmund Wright and Edward Woods, with construction commencing in 1863 and completed in 1866.〔. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.〕 The tower is named after Prince Albert and the clock was installed in 1935.〔 The Adelaide Town Hall was the venue on 1 August 1895 for the inaugural meeting of the Australasian Federation League of South Australia, this organisation having been formed at a meeting convened seven months earlier by the Australian Natives' Association in the colony. This league was the principal organisation that campaigned in favour of federation in South Australia. The meeting at the Town Hall was a major public gathering attended by many prominent South Australians. The meeting was also notable for the large number of women who attended.〔Australian Heritage Places Invantory, http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE6363〕 The hall is famous for an appearance by The Beatles on the balcony in 1964, which attracted an estimated 300,000 fans, their biggest crowd.〔 It serves as the seat of the Adelaide City Council, concerts with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and has function centre facilities available for hire. It is one of the world's five greatest acoustic venues for symphonic concerts. Adelaide Town Hall is listed on the Register of the National Estate.〔The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.5/10〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adelaide Town Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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