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Historic Brighton Town Hall
This hall is located on Brighton Road, Hove, in the city of Adelaide in South Australia. The Brighton Town Hall was built in 1869 and was just the fourth Town Hall built in the colony of South Australia. The architect and builder was George William Highet who arrived in the colony in 1836. G. W. Highet served as a town clerk and Councillor and died in Brighton aged 80 years. The hall was constructed of stone from Ayliffe’s quarry in the Adelaide Hills laid on concrete foundations.

The pioneers built it not just as a place for the business of Government but as a place "to serve the wants of the citizens" for many different activities. On the 10th May 1869 a foundation stone was laid by the Hon John Hodgkiss a member of the Legislative Council of South Australia in a ceramony attended by many of South Australia's most important pioneers. Under this stone was placed a time capsual containing copies of the news papers of the day.