Roxy Drive-In

3 Redpath Street,
Townsville, QLD 4810

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Roxy Drive-In

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DavidColes
DavidColes on November 20, 2021 at 7:05 pm

Some newspaper reports at the time - like this one on opening day 15th November 1940 - referred to it as the ‘Roxy Drive-In’. However, advertisements by the exhibitor never referred to it as such. It was described as Australia’s first Drive-In at the Sports Ground North Ward, later simplified to ‘North Ward Drive-In Theatre’ or ‘The Drive-In’. (A sharing of the Roxy name with the hardtop would only be confusing for intending patrons.)

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