The Glenlyon Community Hall
The Glenlyon Community Hall is a vibrant meeting place for locals and visitors to Glenlyon. A central hub for people to come together for a variety of celebrations, activities and events.
The upkeep of the Hall and improvements of the facilities is solely reliant on local fundraising and community grants.
A short history
Built in 1890, the Glenlyon Shire Hall, as it was originally named, served as the meeting place for the Shire of Glenlyon before amalgamating with Daylesford in 1966, when Glenlyon become part of the broader Hepburn Shire. The Glenlyon Shire Hall ownership shifted from being under Local Council to a State Government authority. However, the Glenlyon Hall is not government funded and is solely reliant on local fundraising and community grants for the cost of upkeep and improvements to the facilities.
Since the 1970s, the Hall has been regularly used for a variety of community events and activities, under the management of the volunteer, member-based Glenlyon Progress Association, with oversight by the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action (DEECA).
The Hall building was extensively renovated from the 2010s, with the upgrades including a commercial kitchen, air-conditioning, audio-visual equipment and new technologies such as solar energy to better meet the needs of the Glenlyon community.
Until the late 1990s the CFA operated from the old fire shed located at the side of the hall, before moving to a new building across the road.
Location
With its beautiful avenue of old oak trees and quaint General Store, Glenlyon, nestled between Daylesford and Malmsbury, is home to over 400 residents. Located 100km north-west of Melbourne in Central Victoria along the Loddon River, Glenlyon is a tranquil town, known for its volcanic soil, fresh produce and potato farms.
Traditional owners
Glenlyon is on the lands of Dja Dja Wurrung people who are recognised as the Traditional Owners of Central Victoria through the Recognition and Settlement Agreement between the Dja Dja Wurrung people and the State of Victoria, signed in 2013.
Read more (A Brief History of the Glenlyon Shire Hall – Reproduced from the ‘Back to Glenlyon Centenary of the Shire Hall souvenir brochure of 1991’)
