Ignite Studios - Ballina, NSW, Australia
S 28° 52.107 E 153° 33.712
56J E 554795 N 6806459
Even without the name of the current business, this definitely looks like it had been the Firehouse for Ballina.
Waymark Code: WM10ZX1
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 07/19/2019
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"Ignite Studios is Ballina Shire's premier creative hub, situated adjacent to the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, and the Gallery Café. We offer subsidised studios and event spaces for creative practitioners and creative businesses, and our beautiful Studio 2 is currently available. Our three airy studio spaces are filled with natural light, with clean white walls and wooden floorboards, and utilise the original residential living areas of the beautifully restored and heritage-listed former Ballina Fire Station. The facility also contains two workshop spaces which are available for hire to run workshops or hold exhibitions and events, a ceramics kiln, a gorgeous communal lawn, a communal kitchen (when not in use for our Artist in Residence program) and we are in the process of launching an operational ceramics studio with wheels available for hire by the community. For more information visit: (
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"Ignite Studios is housed in the heritage listed former Ballina Fire Station and is adjacent to the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, and Gallery Café. Located within 5 minutes walking distance to Ballina CBD shops, amenities, and riverfront, and a 5 minute drive for Ballina’s stunning beaches, the location is central, accessible and convenient.
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From the Museum of Fire link, as early/late as May 1900 the locals of Ballina realised that they needed a Fire Brigade presence in their town. So after a major fire the locals raised monies to build on Council land. It was reported a ‘duly constituted with a fine up-to-date Station and a hose a reel’ on 17 March 1903. [Ex- (
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Address: 60 Crane Street, Ballina, NSW, 2478, Australia
Phone: (02) 6681 0530
Visited: 1110, Friday, 3 May, 2019
[Unfortunately I had come up to Ballina for geofriend's funeral at the nearby Catholic Church.]