Adelaide Town Hall

Adelaide Town Hall was based on the winning design in an 1863 architectural competition[1] by Edmund Wright and E. J.

The city's amateur musicians held two concerts which raised £120 for the Organ Fund, only to see the money used to settle the outstanding account for the Albert Bells instead.

In 1869, the Adelaide Philharmonic Society was formed and the choir staged 25 concerts over the next six years to raise over £500 for the Organ Fund.

The opening concert was held on 2 October 1877 but it wasn't long before a campaign to enlarge the organ by adding solo stops began and this upgrade was completed in 1885.

The hydraulic engine was replaced in 1923 by an electric motor, but after frequent criticism that it was out of date, clumsy of operation, and needed complete retuning to international standard pitch,[9] the Council eventually voted to replace the original century-old pipe organ,[10] with a new one manufactured by J. W. Walker and Sons, of Brandon, Suffolk, England, and installed in 1989.