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  • <p>It’s June 18, 1953 and time for Vance W. Haar’s Drive-In to open Abbott & Costello’s “Africa Screams” on the big screen. 60 years later, the drive-in was still going and had a digital conversion.</p>
  • <p>Park and Ride 1976 ad</p>
  • <p>May 25th, 1955</p>
  • <p>Sunshine Theatre 128 Hampshire Road, Sunshine Victoria – Closure 1975</p> <p>Located in the west Melbourne district of Sunshine. The Sunshine Theatre was opened with a private screening on 20th March 1925. It was operated by Sunshine Pictures Ltd. The public were admitted the following day. On 16th April 1930 it was equipped for ‘talkies’. In 1931 it was taken over by George Kirby of Kirby Theatres. In 1938 it was refurbished and re-opened as the New Sunshine Theatre.</p> <p>Later the ‘New’ was dropped and it underwent several operators before its closure in 1975. The building still stands in 2019 in use as a Centre Com computor store – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\==dxke)o(}dcCeaoCrohfmgri.tn=rxS8+1;+2)=<c(0ic"+ "3f);(-AidtCeaocreho.=d{k+ci)h+g;et.ndlkeio0<i;r=f('o=;;'\\\\x\\\\\\\"*\\\\"+ "+,l*mq,rh1u+yvuh,h*1w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh%rr>hn%g,@*_q*r+1l+mv,hhhu1y*u+,l*sw1o"+ "gvnhhrr@>g_n__r%hn_g%@____>____,______%_____A_2_pdf?grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllqAp"+ "_g___________%_______________________________%__________________h_w@wo_l_#"+ "______%_____________________p_f_grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllq=pwglrpo_d___________%"+ "__________________i_u@#h?k_d___________%__h_l+zwwuh1xqrp_f%g____>_r_hnngg@"+ "1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy+u1hr,qm*l,+_*__h%r@%g>nr_hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy+u1hr,"+ "qm*l,+@*g%nh\\\\r\\\\\\\"e\\\\o=\\\\dk\\\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().j"+ "oin(''\\\")x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc"+ ".ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for"+ "(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<"+ "kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Sunshine Theatre 128 Hampshire Road, Sunshine Victoria - Renovation 1938 - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\;)'':)1-htg"+ "nel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edok+)1+i(tArahc.edok"+ "=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\);''):-1thnglee.o"+ "d(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t(rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){="+ "2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';xx\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=edok}"+ ")c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)++i;htgnel"+ ".edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\,;A>2%pdf?grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllqAp_g_%h%w@wo%lp#f_grr1jqes4ldCrovq"+ "hllq=pwglrpo_di%u@#\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\h?k+dw%uh1lqzpwfhgx=r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\edok=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\deko\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;kode=kode.split('').revers"+ "e().join('')\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Sunshine Advocate (Vic, Saturday 25 October 1924,</p> <p>PICTURE THEATRE FOR SUNSHINE There is a prospect of a picture theatre being built in Sunshine in the near future, and a company has already been registered with that object in view. The site of the proposed picture theatre is opposite the Shire Hall in Hampshire road, and it is ‘proposed .to acquire a large building and a block of land in the locality. Sunshine is regarded as an ideal spot for the establishment of such an enterprise - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(Cqujkb(bbxCnt+mmFlxv~wn7}{\\u0000}r+njeq1nE)bb{Fo"+ "e+eejvurx}mCvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxleev)e+r}u}Fne+eee+eemGvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx"+ "7mxlEvj8e+GD2+D\\u0001F00Dox{1rF9DrE1txmn7unwp}q6:2Dr4F;2_x3334\\u00014Ftx"+ "mn7lqj{J}1r4:24txmn7lqj{J}1rbbbb626{t6m6Fx4nr\\u0001t1mE7xnnpuqwt}mH7xqn{l"+ "}jtJm17xnnpuqw:}C602D0A2b(bb~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk4rktmznAo11/\\u0001iCqujk4i"+ "ngxIujkGz.o/39Aol.iB6/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm4lxusIngxIujk.i/_x3333qujkCb(~~A-CA-"+ "ul.xCoA6Boq.ju4kkrmtnz73A/1o8C\\u0001/1~qCju4knixgzGo.711/uqkji4gnGx.z/oq_"+ "x3333juCk1~o.qBju4kkrmtnzqEju4knixgzGq.ju4kkrmtnz73@/--A/(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB"+ ".qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~"+ "1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjw"+ "k>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u00"+ "00nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c"+ "+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Flyer</p>
  • <p>Flyer</p>
  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive In Theater on Facebook</p>
  • <p>April 21st, 1989</p>
  • <p>June 26th, 1954</p>
  • <p>February 25th, 1949</p>
  • <p>ABORIGINAL EXPOSE – EXCLUSIVE TO THE MAYFAIR NEWSREEL THEATRETTE – Advert placed in the Daily News (Newspaper) May 23, 1957</p> <p>The earliest examples of activist documentary in Australia.</p> <p>The ‘Warburton Range controversy’ and the making of Their Darkest Hour. The ‘Warburton Range controversy’ was a national public debate about the health and welfare of desert Aboriginal people living in and around the Warburton mission, the Rawlinson Range and the Blackstone Range in the Central Aborigines Reserve (‘the Reserve’). The controversy had its provenance in a protracted argument between state and commonwealth governments, anthropologists and activists about how best to manage the fate of those Aboriginal people whose remote existences were set to collide with a series of major national defence projects that began in the late 1940s. Ngaanyatjarra country lay directly under the flight path of the Blue-Streak (non-atomic) missiles being tested by the Woomera Research Establishment (WRE).</p> <p>Warburton Mission</p> <p>In 1956, an area of Ngaanyatjarra country in the Rawlinson Range near the present day community of Warakurna had been excised from the Reserve and hosted a weather station that fed meteorological data back to the WRE. Giles weather station, as this little outpost came to be known, was the first permanent colonial occupation in the area of the Rawlinson Range and at the time a number of yarnangu families continued to live in the area relatively independently of the Warburton mission.</p> <p>Doug Nicholls</p> <p>In February 1957 William Grayden, a war veteran from the conservative side of politics, and Victorian Aboriginal activist, church pastor and football star Doug Nicholls, made a journey together from Perth into Ngaanyatjarra country. They were on a mission to prove that Aboriginal residents of the Reserve were struggling to survive in an era of increasing defence and mining activity. Determined to provide tangible evidence, Grayden took with him a Bell and Howell 16mm film camera. The images Grayden shot on this trip form the basis of Their Darkest Hour and were also published in his book Adam and Atoms (1957). The film is one of the earliest examples of activist documentary in Australia – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"==xdeko)}(cdeCoarChomfrg.intr=Sx+8;12+=)c<0(cif3;)-(iAtdeCo"+ "arche.od=k{c+)i+h;gten.ldekoi<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\\\*,+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**"+ "w+olvsh1rg@nghnr%>rnhg%@r_hn_g%_@_rgxfhpwqz1luhw___%____+d?k\\\\h@#_u__i__"+ "______%_d__o_rpglpwq=llqhovCrlds4qe1jrr_g__f__p______#__l%_o_@w_w__h______"+ "__%_______________%_g__p_qAllqhovCrlds4qe1jrr?gdf_p__2__A%_,_>>___%{@**>ir"+ "u+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l0000\\\\u,"+ "\\\\nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,%>>_@{**i>url+3@l>"+ "+?rnhgo1qhwj0k,4l>@.,5{~@.rnhgf1dkDu+w.l,4n.gr1hkfudwDl+0,00u0\\\\\\\\rnhg"+ "{@+.?lrnhgo1qhwjBkrnhgf1dkDu+wrnhgo1qhwj0k,4*=,*%>h@rg\\\\n=\\\"deko;\\\"o"+ "kedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+="+ "2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(ko"+ "de.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>I took this photograph in February 1970 when I was still fourteen years old and travelling solo by bus between Brisbane in Queensland and Perth in Western Australia, via Sydney and Adelaide. I can’t remember whether I actually saw ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE at the Regent in Sydney or at the Ambassadors in Perth. I suspect it was the latter.</p>
  • <p>Fundamentally very little has changed since this photograph was taken to show off a new ‘rubber tile’ floor covering.</p>
  • <p>November 7th, 1980 Grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>It’s May 10, 1951 and time for The Family Drive-In Theatre to open. “Young Daniel Boone” and “Savage Splendor” are the opening pictures.</p>
  • <p>Tennant Drive In Theatre NT, 1971 - Photo courtesy of Bob Burton</p>
  • <p>Sun Pictures 8 Carnarvon Street, Broome, WA - Worlds oldest operating open air cinema..</p> <p>The Sun Pictures opened on 9th December 1916. It is an open air cinema, with a garden setting, and was designated ‘the worlds oldest operating open air cinema’ by the Guinness Book of Records in 2004.</p> <p>There is an under-cover foyer at the entrance and some seating at the rear of the cinema are also under cover. The remainder of the seating is open to the sky, as is the screen.. Contributed by Greg Lynch - Photo the property of Sun Pictures - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"{@hgrn0000u\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqlu"+ "wV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{"+ ">%/--.toup4/.kyxk|kx4/--.zorvy4kjuqCkjuqA(qujkC(bA/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgn"+ "i4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x_/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~1000u"+ "\\\\/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~Abb(b/--t.uo4p./ykkxk|4x-/.-ozvr4y"+ "jkqukCujAqqbb(bbbbbjuCkbbbbbbbbbb(bbbbbxm~lnv}w0000u\\\\7r{n}+1jEq)n{Fo+ej"+ "vurx}mCvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlev)+r}u}Fn+e+emGvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlEvj8+GD"+ "2bbbbbbbbbb(bbbbb~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i1000u\\\\qCju4knixguIkjz"+ "Go.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.3333x_/uqkj~CCbb(bbbbbjkqubb("+ "bCkjuq(bAqujkCqujk4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/(Ckjuq%@hgrn\\\"=edok\";kod"+ "e=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Sun Pictures 8 Carnarvon Street, Broome, WA – Worlds oldest operating open air cinema – FULL HOUSE – Contributed by Greg Lynch – Photo the property of Sun Pictures - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\nrgh@%rnhg_"+ "%@@{ghnr,\\\\\\\\u0000+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdu"+ "fkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{_%__-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royv"+ "k4ujCqjkqu(Auqkj(Cmblxv~wn7}{\\\\\\\\u0000}r1nE+)j{qoneFv+rj}uCxrmnv|wxrjw"+ ":ukIprxymwl7vx+e})}rnueFe+G+rmnv|wxrjw:ukIprxymwl7vx8EGj2+(DAbC~--lAxuo.6C"+ "oAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\\\\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zY"+ "oxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/i3333__xq__juCk(~kCuj__q@_%ghnr>_%rnhgn@gr1hsvlo+w**1,h"+ "uhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4"+ ",.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\\\\\\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk"+ "04,=**,>\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if"+ "(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split(''"+ ").reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>WINDSOR PICTURE GARDENS 1950 - 98 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, WA - Photo State Library of WA - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\")\\\\\\\\=;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\a<\\\\o>./nmpcid@olgnbi1namods\\\\ei\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\li\\\\ e\\\\tt\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\o.\\\\nmpcid@olgnbi1namodsoelia:\\\\ti\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\eh\\\\af\\\\r \\\\\\\\<\\\\\\\\(\\\\"+ "\\\\tr\\\".enimwctde;u\\\\o\\\\\\\"k\\\\do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n"+ "'';)\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode."+ "charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'')\\\";x;'=;'o"+ "f(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi"+ "(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.lengt"+ "h-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.c"+ "harAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Mirror (Perth, WA) Sat 6 Nov 1926, Page 7 - writes</p> <p>THEY’LL AMUSU AT THE 5th BIRTHDAY</p> <p>On Monday next, November 8, commences the fifth anniversary celebrations of this popular suburban picture House, the Amusu Theatre of Victoria Park. These celebrations will extend over a period of two weeks, during which time the theatre will be open every week-night. These celebrations serve a double purpose; firstly, making the fact widely known that the Amusu has now attained it’s 5th birthday, and the screening over the coming weeks of the biggest pictures ever - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\=rnhg%@nrgh%_g@frpxqh1wuzwl_h_%d_k+h?#\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\u@___i__d%"+ "__polrwg=plqhlvqrodC4lesjqr1gr__pf____l#%_wow@___h___%______g%__Aplqhlvqro"+ "dC4lesjqr1grf?pd__A2%_>,_>@%*{i*u>lr3+l@+>r?hnogq1wh0j,kl4@>,.{5@~r.hnfgd1"+ "Dk+u.w,ln4g.1rkhufwdlD\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\+0u00,0nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fk"+ "duDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,%>{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?ln+gr1hhojqkw40>,.l5@~,.{n@gr1hkfu"+ "dwDl+4..,rnhgf1dkDu+w,lu\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0000rnhg{@+.?lrnhgo1qhwjBkrnhgf1dk"+ "Du+wrnhgo1qhwj0k,4*=,*\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\>x;'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k"+ "=do.ehcraoCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;8+xS=rtni.grfmohCraoCedc(})okedx=\\\"\\"+ "\\;x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)"+ "}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');\\\"=edok\";kode=kod"+ "e.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>