Traditional Land Owners: The Muwinia People of Nipaluna

In the late 1960s the then Clarence Commission initiated the move toward relocation of municipal government from its historic site in the Bellerive village to Rosny Park. The old town hall and offices were regarded too small for the growing municipality. The chosen site, on rising ground north of the new Rosny Regional Shopping Centre, is flanked by a ‘civic parkland’ on the eastern side, with an outlook to the Rosny golf course to the west.

Opened in 1974, the Clarence Council Chambers building is comprised of two distinct elements, linked by a clearly defined entry foyer accessed from a small forecourt fronting the civic parkland. The intent responds to the functional distinction between municipal administration and the machinations of local government. The massing of the elements and materiality gives expression to this distinction.