Wagin Drive-In

27 Ballagin Street,
Wagin, WA 6315

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Wagin Drive-In

The Wagin Drive-In opened on 12th September 1963 with Frank Sinatra in “Sergeants 3” and “The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold”, plus a color cartoon(not named), and news. The opening night was invitation only, the next night was for the general public(same programme). The Wagin Drive-In closed in 1983. Only the ticket booth is still there complete.

Contributed by David Coppock

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davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 13, 2018 at 8:51 am

The main entrance was on Rifle N Street. The drive-in site is next to the Wagin Historical Village, which may own the site!!?

Kenmore
Kenmore on January 16, 2018 at 6:08 am

Google Map street view from 2008 shows the ticket booth intact, but the property itself is covered in trees and has a few buildings on it.

I do not see the screen as a building seems to be in its place. So, the drive-in does not appear to be intact.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 16, 2018 at 9:21 am

I think the screen may been gone too. The snack bar and bio box is still there, and the fences and entrance(and exit?) roads and gates. The building on the spot where the screen may have been is possibly part of the Wagin Historical Village? The projectors are now at The Betty Terry Memorial Theatre(formally called Little Gem Theatre) in Wagin.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 16, 2018 at 9:23 am

I think the exit may have been on Rifle N Street(the arch over it is now gone i think?)?

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 16, 2018 at 9:24 am

I think the ramps are still there?

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on March 5, 2019 at 11:02 pm

The ticket booth was heritage listed on 22/7/1997.

kennerado
kennerado on March 22, 2020 at 3:00 am

27 Ballagin St is a better address.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 28, 2020 at 3:35 am

I think what is left of the Wagin Drive-in might have been incorparated into the Wagin Historical Village?

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on July 18, 2021 at 6:42 am

Exhibitor was Paddy Baker(Wagin Drive-in P/L)(1963 to 1970’s), Frank & Betty Terry(mid 1970’s to 1983).

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