ANAM is housed at South Melbourne Town Hall. Photo: Pia Johnson
The South Melbourne Town Hall is a grand municipal building constructed between 1879 and 1880 and restored in 2004 with state government assistance.
It is home to the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), which almost ceased operations in 2008 when then-Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett announced plans to cut its $2.6 million in funding and merge ANAM with another institution. Following an outcry by staff and students, and a public campaign, plans to close ANAM were shelved.
