Historical information
The Town Mission was established in Ballarat East by a group of Wesleyans. "Australian Silverpen" wrote an historical sketch about the Town Missioner, Martin Hosking. From miner's tent to mission pulpit : Martin Hosking, Ballarat's town missionary : an in memoriam sketch / by The Australian Silverpen.
See https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/223253590?q=town+mission+hall+ballarat&c=book&versionId=244807517
See also Dorothy Wickham's Beyond the Wall: Ballarat Female Refuge
Physical description
Postcard size black and white photograph of the Ballarat Town Mission Hall