Hurlingham Picture Gardens 61 Canning Highway, Victoria Park, WA – FACADE 1933

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Hurlingham Picture Gardens 61 Canning Highway, Victoria Park, WA – FACADE 1933

The introduction of television has had a large, and some people say, devastating effect on our society. At a practical level it was blamed for the rapid decline in people attending the movie theatres in South Perth, an outing that had been very popular from the 1920s to 1940s. In 1961, the Gaiety Theatre closed and the following year the building was converted to office and warehouse use. It was used for this purpose until the building was demolished in 1980.

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The Hurlingham Picture Gardens closed in 1963. Only the Como Theatre (Cygnet Cinema) survives. Today, the Cygnet Cinema is recognised Australia-wide as a superb example of Art Deco architecture - Contributed by Greg Lynch -