The Organ Factory Community Centre

The Organ Factory was originally built as the Yates Boot Factory in 1884. In 1927 the long-established British firm of organ builders, Hill, Norman and Beard, took over the building to use as an organ factory. Since 1974 the Organ Factory has been home to an amazing range of activities. It has been used as a Community Education Office and by local artists and numerous local theatre and recreation groups. It has also been the home of yoga, self defence and meditation classes, the Flying Bookroom Theatre Company, an experimental music centre, Fringe Festival productions, and the Bushwahzee Band. New Theatre became tenants in 1976 and remained the principal user of the upstairs theatre space until 2000. Today the Organ Factory is administered by Gold Street Primary School and is used for classes and the after school care program. Local artists hire some rooms as studios.