The original town hall, is a heritage-listed building located at 96-106 Illawarra Road, Marrickville, an inner western suburb of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.

It provides an important physical record of the early history of the municipality from its origins as a small village.

Completed 1879 the 2nd storey extension of 1883 incorporated the existing building into a landmark of great aesthetic value.

The sculpture was commissioned to represent a memorial to the 450 residents who died in combat during World War I.

[3] This Wikipedia article contains material from Marrickville Town Hall (former), entry number 00573 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.