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Marrickville Municipal Symphony Orchestra at Marrickville Town Hall, 9 May 1937

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Marrickville Municipal Symphony Orchestra
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Hanney, Fred
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Marrickville

Once the site of a vast swampland, Marrickville became a significant industrial area in the nineteenth century. Today, the industry has largely gone but its multicultural legacy still flourishes in this inner west suburb.

Public building

Music

Marrickville Municipal Symphony Orchestra

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Orchestra formed by unemployed musicians in 1930 and supported by Marrickville Municipal Council. It was disbanded in 1945, but has been revived in 2010.

Hanney, Fred

Musician and conductor who led the Marrickville Symphony Orchestra.

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Marrickville

Inner-western residential suburb with an industrial heritage on the Cooks River, named after the Marrick estate of Thomas Chalder which was subdivided in 1855. The post-Second World War period saw the influx of mainly non-English speaking people, attracted by the availability of factory work and cheap housing.

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Marrickville Town Hall

The second town hall for Marrickville built in 1922.

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