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Venue hire guide

Lawson Room

Capacity: 20 pax

Smart, spacious, and ultra-flexible, the Lawson Room is designed for seamless events.

With innovative soundproofing and adaptable layouts, it’s perfect for:

  • classes
  • conferences
  • workshops
  • breakout sessions

Need more space? The Lawson Room can be combined with the Woolley Room to create a larger, more versatile event space.

 

Woolley Room

Capacity: 20 pax

Designed for modern business and events, the Woolley Room adapts to your needs with clever spatial design and soundproof partitions.

Host your next seminar, offsite, or collaborative session here.

The Lawson & Woolley Rooms can be combined for a larger, more dynamic event space.

Windeyer Room

Capacity: 40 pax

Bright, flexible, and equipped with cutting-edge AV, the Windeyer Room is ideal for:

  • board meetings
  • workshops
  • presentations.

With modular furniture and free Wi-Fi, it adapts to your needs.

This room can be opened up to combine it with the Lawson and Woolley Rooms for a larger setup.

Tom Keneally Centre

Capacity: 35 pax

The Tom Keneally Centre is a small unique event space in the heart of Sydney’s CBD, offering guests an opportunity to be surrounded by books and memorabilia that form Thomas Keneally’s living legacy.

We love hosting literary events, book launches, classes, reading groups and intimate events here.

Boardroom

Capacity: 20 pax

Private, professional, and built for serious business, the SMSA Boardroom seats 20 guests around a spacious table and is perfect for board meetings, AGMs, and team strategy sessions.

Freshly refurbished and fitted with AV, video conferencing, and speakers, it’s all business. Coffee and tea on hand. Let’s get to work.

Norman Selfe Room

Capacity: 25 pax

A practical, versatile space that works on its own or alongside the Boardroom or Tom Keneally Centre.

With modular furniture and AV, it’s a blank canvas ready to be tailored to your needs.

Henry Carmichael Theatre

Capacity: 140 pax

Perfect for screenings, lectures, presentations, and panel discussions, our tiered theatre features premium audiovisual technology including a high-resolution projector and large screen, computer, lectern, roving and lapel microphones, adjustable lighting, video conferencing, and a low-rise stage.

Connected directly to the Level 1 Foyer and adjacent meeting rooms, it’s ideal for seamless registrations, catering setups, and breakout sessions.

Catering

Flexibility is yours! Whether you choose our preferred caterer to deliver nourishing breakfasts, lunches, and teas — or bring in your own trusted team — we offer the flexibility to bring your vision to life.

Big flavours, broad menus, and no one leaves hungry. Whether it’s bite-sized or full plates, we’ve got the portions, and the pace, to match your event.

Tech & AV

Seamless Technology, Thoughtfully Delivered

Our in-house AV brings clarity to your message, from crisp visuals to warm, full sound.

With video conferencing, microphones, and smart screens ready to go, your focus stays where it belongs: with your audience. If you need support, we’re happy to connect you with a trusted technician.

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