Hamer Hall to host Judith Durham memorial

Singing superstar Judith Durham will be farewelled at a state memorial at Melbourne's Hamer Hall early next month.

The Seekers songstress and Motor Neurone Disease Association advocate died in palliative care on August 5 aged 79 after complications arising from a long-standing lung disease.

Durham made her first recording at 19 and achieved worldwide fame after joining The Seekers in 1963.

Her family accepted an offer from the Victorian government for a state memorial service and Premier Daniel Andrews on Friday confirmed it would be held at Hamer Hall on the evening of Tuesday September 6.

"Victorians will have an opportunity to remember Judith Durham's life and music," he tweeted.

Tickets will be free, with reserved seating for family, friends, dignitaries and invited guests.

The folk-influenced pop quartet became the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and United States, eventually selling 50 million records.

Durham embarked on a solo career in 1968 but recorded with The Seekers again in the 1990s.