Our Story
The Clunes Coronation Hall is a community event space, built over 100 years ago, and run by local residents as a not-for-profit enterprise for the benefit of the local community
The activities at the hall include meetings, weddings, celebrations, children’s disco, drama performances, music performances, swaps, Elders Xmas Dinner, gym classes, dance classes, yoga, garage sales, motorcycle and car rallies, Council meetings, and Xmas Carols.
History
The first settler of Clunes is known to have taken up land in 1880.
A small town emerged just a few years after that. An early timber hall was built in the late 1880s and this was replaced with the Coronation Hall in 1911 as it opened on Coronation Day.
This was the day George V and Mary of Teck were crowned king and queen, 22 June 1911. George V became king on 6th May 1910.
The galvanised iron steep pitched roof of the hall and before air conditioning it had rotating air vents along the roof ridge for ventilation.
It was opened by the President of Byron Shire Council. The first Anglican services and those of the Presbyterians were held in the Clunes Coronation Hall.