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The Advertiser Sound Shell opens

The Advertiser Sound Shell opened on 17 December 1954 to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. It was one of the buildings demolished in 1972 to make way for the construction of the Festival Centre complex.

The Church of Christ is opened

A chapel was constructed on the north side of Grote Street for the Church of Christ congregation led by Thomas Magarey. The low building, with its plain stucco façade and belfry, was opened on 14 December 1856. A Sunday school was built to the rear and east of the church in the mid 1880s. It was demolished in 1940.

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