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WMA Theatre 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide, SA

The WMA Theatre is located on Nile Street in Port Adelaide. The foundation stone was laid on the 5th of December 1926 (Grieve Gillett 2004, p. 20). It was designed to serve many functions and one of them was as a picture theatre (Grieve Gillett 2004, p. 21).

The inauguration of the theatre took place on Thursday 14 July 1927 (Port Adelaide News 15 July 1927 p. 8). It was built for members of the waterside workers union but this picture theatre did have some strong competition. The Art Nouveau-designed Ozone and the Star Theatre were both close by on St Vincent Street (Tod 2020, p. 11).

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