Memorial Theatre
179 Robinson Street,
Carnarvon,
WA
6701
179 Robinson Street,
Carnarvon,
WA
6701
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Previous Names: Louden's Picture Theatre, Swansea Picture Palace
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Louden’s Picture Palace opened on 23rd September 1922. Name changed to Swansea Picture Palace in the (1920’s or 1930’s?). Renamed to Memorial Theatre in(1964?). The Memorial Theatre showed the Moon landing live, in recognition of the contribution of the NASA station in Carnarvon to that historic event. The Memorial Theatre closed on 3rd April 1973 with “The Last Picture Show”. The Memorial Theatre was demolished(date unknown?), except for the concrete wall of the bio-box with portholes and flume, still visible upstairs and incorporated within the new structure with shops on the street frontage, and offices and a new RSL(Returned and Services League) clubrooms upstairs.
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Apporiate last movie shown here!!
The last movie screening also screened the movie “Cabriola”.
The first moon landing was shown live on a tv monitor on a table in the middle of the stage in front of the screen. Building was also known as the RSL Memorial Theatre.
Correction - the address is 12 Robinson Street, Carnarvon.
The shops on the front are a sports store(Carnarvon Sports), a Bakery(Gascoyne Bakery), a real estate shop(Ray White) and a medical school(The Clinical school of Gascoyne).
Correction - the medical school is called, The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia.
Correction - the cafe) Bakery is called Gascoyne Bakery Cafe. The RSL may have moved out another location in Carnarvon?