Pride of Hotham: A tale of North Melbourne and a red-headed architect by Bill Hannan, Illus. Gil Freeman (SECOND HAND)
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Description ‘Old-time residents of North Melbourne grew uneasy if they could not see the Town Hall clock. Fortunately Hotham’s Town Hall – a fine building from boom time Melbourne – is still there. Its colourful architect, George Raymond Johnson, deserves more credit than he gets. The author, Bill Hannan, has lived within sight of the North Melbourne clock for forty odd years. He and Lorna have four daughters and eleven grandchildren. He has been a teacher, unionist, editor, art critic, bureaucrat, and writer. Among his recent publications are guides to French Gothic and Ancient Greek art and architecture. He started to write about the North Melbourne Town Hall because it was there, and became obsessed with it and with Victorian architecture.’ Paperback. Includes black and white photographs and illustrations. 246 p. Hotham History Project, 2006. ISBN 0-958611-17-3
