As every park needed a bandstand, bands worked together with Councils to ensure that their park had somewhere to beautiful to make music. Sadly many of these have disappeared.
Thanks to Jeremy de Korte for sharing this beautiful collection of historical bandstand postcards.
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19240000_Auburn_Rotunda-1-300x188.jpg)
Auburn Rotunda
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/00000000_Beaufort_Bandstand-1-190x300.jpg)
Beaufort Bandstand
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/00000000_Benalla_Bandstand-1-300x177.jpg)
Benalla Bandstand
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/00000000_Daylesford_Rotunda-Gardens-1-300x188.jpg)
Daylesford Rotunda
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/00000000_Hamilton_Rotunda-Cenotaph-1-300x190.jpg)
Hamilton Rotunda Cenotaph
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/00000000_Lilydale_Band-Rotunda-1-300x191.jpg)
Lilydale Band Rotunda
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19140000_Lilydale_Bandstand-1-300x189.jpg)
Lilydale Bandstand 1914
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19060000_Melbourne_Botanical-Gardens-1-300x193.jpg)
Melbourne Botanical Gardens 1906
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19370000_Merbien_George-V-Rotunda-1-300x188.jpg)
Merbien George V Rotunda
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19060000_Prahran_Vic-Gardens-Bandstand-1-300x192.jpg)
Prahan 1906
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19060823_Prahran_Vic-Park-Bandstand-1-300x186.jpg)
Prahan 1906
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19080116_Sorrento_Band-Rotunda-1-300x191.jpg)
Sorrento Bandstand 1908
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19090504_St-Kilda_Esplanade-Rotunda-1-300x191.jpg)
St Kilda Esplanade 1909
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/19050000_St-Kilda_Esplanade-Rotunda-1-300x189.jpg)
St Kilda Esplanade
![](http://azure.oakleighband.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/00000000_Terang_Gardens-Rotunda-1-300x199.jpg)
Terang Gardens Rotunda