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AUSTRALIAN CINEMAS - State of Victoria
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SPECIAL NOTE: References throughout the following
list is made to "CinemaScope" and "Todd-AO
70mm" followed by a date. CinemaScope has been used by me for
standard reference to any wide screen 35mm aspect. Depending on the film
studio that made the films, it also refers to Panavision, VistaVision,
etc. "Todd-AO 70mm" has been used for stanard reference for an cinema that
was equipped to screen any 70mm film. The date given is that for any first
known screening in the ratio (CinemaScope or 70mm). Most cinemas built
in the mid to late 1950s went straight to CinemaScope and opening dates
can in most instances refer to the introduction of CinemaScope.
ALEXANDRA (Pop: 2,014) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 383; Currently
Operating
ANGLESEA PIX:
Date Opened October 1953; Seating
300; Date Closed 1993-1995
APOLLO BAY (Pop: 957) LYRIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
; Date Closed ??
APSLEY LOCAL HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
ARARAT (Pop: 8,233) MIDLAND:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
966; Rename ASTOR
??; Seating 966; Currently
Operating
AVOCA (Pop: 1,016) AVOCA
TALKIES: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 316; Date Closed
Pre 1970
BACCHUS MARSH (Pop: 3,707)
ASTOR: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 400; Date
Closed Pre 1970
BAIRNSDALE (Pop: 7,785) PRINCE
REGENT: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 996; Renamed
CINEMA WORLD
1995-1997; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
MOONDALE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 500; Date
Closed Pre 1989
BALLAN REGAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
BALLARAT (Pop: 56,290) BRITANNIA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
750; Renamed VEGUS
70 ??; Seating ??;
Date Closed Pre 1989; Reopened
1994; Seating ??; Renamed
STUART 1994-1995; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
HER MAJESTYS: Date Opened 1930;
Seating 1,459; Date Closed
1965
PLAZA: Date Opened Pre 1951;
Seating 673; Date Closed
Pre 1970
REGENT: Date Opened 1928;
Seating 1,953; Date Closed
1970; Reopened 1976;
Muliplexed REGENT 3-PLEX
1988; Seating 1 740, 2
& 3 ??;
Increased to REGENT
7-PLEX June 1996; Seating 4
to 6 ??, 7 60;
Sound THX; Currently
Operating
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1956; Car Capacity 555; Date
Closed Pre 1989
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 601; Date
Closed 1992
BALLDALE PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
BALNARRING OPEN AIR
PICS: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Seating ??; Date Closed
??
BALMORAL PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
BARWON HEADS PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 320; Date Closed
??
BAYSWATER PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
150; Date Closed Pre 1970
BEAUFORT (Pop: 1,264) BEAUFORT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
BEECH FOREST PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
BEECHWORTH (Pop: 3,554) MECHANICS
HALL: Date Opened ??;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
OPEN AIR: Date Opened ??;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
REGENT: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 320; Renamed
CIVIC ??; Seating
320; Date
Closed Pre 1993
BENALLA (Pop: 8,224) OPEN
AIR: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 800; Date Closed
Pre 1970
SHIRE HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 680; Date Closed
Pre 1970
STARLIT DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 416; Date
Closed ??
BENDIGO (Pop: 42,200) CAPITOL:
Date Opened 1920s; Seating
??; Date Closed 1952
GOLDEN DRIVE IN: Date Opened 1956;
Car Capacity 700; Date Closed
Pre 1989
GOLDEN TWIN: Date Opened ??;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
LYRIC: Date Opened Pre 1920;
Seating 1,600; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PLAZA: Date Opened Pre 1936;
Seating 1,129; Date Closed
??
ROYAL PRINCESS: Date Opened Pre 1920s;
Seating 1,457; Date Closed
Pre 1970
BERWICK (Pop: 1,720) BERWICK:
Date Opened 1920s; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
BEULAH MEMORIAL HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed Pre 1970
BIRCHIP (Pop: 1,147) BIRCHIP
DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Car Capacity 300; Renamed
NORTH WESTERN DRIVE
IN 1993-1995; Date Closed Pre
1997
TOWN HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 300; Date Closed
Pre 1970
BIRREGURRA MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
150; Date Closed Pre 1970
BOGONG KIEWA WORKS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
BOLAC PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
BOOLARA PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
BOORT REX:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
280; Date Closed Pre 1970
BRIGHT (Pop: 747) MYRTLEFORD:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Renamed VICTORIA
??; Seating 250; Date
Closed ??
BROADFORD (Pop: 1,605)
MECHANICS: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 220; Date Closed
Pre 1970
BRUTHEN MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
BURCHAN MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
152; Date Closed Pre 1970
BUNYIP BUNYIP:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
CAMPERDOWN (Pop: 3,450) ROYAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
830; Date Closed ??
CASTERTON (Pop: 2,492) CASTERTON:
Date Opened 20 November 1930; Seating
440; Date Closed 1955 (Demolished)
COACHLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 100;
Date Closed ??
MECHANICS: Date Opened
1915; Seating ??; Date Closed
28 November 1936
REGAL: Date Opened
2 December 1937; Seating ??;
Renamed TOWN HALL
1947; Seating
468;
Date Closed 1967
CASTLEMAINE (Pop: 7,103) ROYAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
970; Date Closed 1993-1995
CAVENDISH PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
CHARLTON (Pop: 1,603) REX:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
557; Date Closed Pre 1970
CHILTERN CHILTERN:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Renamed STAR
??; Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970;
Reopened 18 May 1996; Seating
250; Currently Operating
CHILWELL EMBASSY:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
266; Date Closed Pre 1970
CLUNES (Pop: 1,514) STRAND:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
160; Date Closed Pre 1970
COBDEN (Pop: 1,233) PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 300; Date Closed
Pre 1970
COBRAM (Pop: 2,888) MELBA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
450; Date Closed 1970s; Reopened
as MELBA TWIN
8 May 1997; Currently Operating
COCKATOO PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
COHUNA (Pop: 2,061) BOWER:
Date Opened 1927; Seating
??; Date Closed 1937
MEMORIAL HALL: Date Opened 1948;
Seating 300; Date Closed
1965-1969
REGENT: Date Opened
1939-1942; Seating 400; Date
Closed 1965-1969
COLAC (Pop: 9,498) REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
1,315; Date Closed ??
SHANDON DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 408;
Renamed COLAC DRIVE IN
1970s;
Car Capacity 408; Date Closed
1986
COLERAINE (Pop: 1,518) MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
350; Date Closed Pre 1970
COLODEN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating ??; Date
Closed ??
CORAMUT PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
CORRYONG (Pop: 1,665) ATHENAEUM:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed ??
CIVIC: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 600; Date
Closed Pre 1980
COWES CINEMA:
Date Opened 1992; Seating
??; Currently Operating
SHIRE HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 350; Date
Closed Pre 1980
CRANBOURNE CRANBOURNE
4-PLEX: Date Opened Pre 1992;
Seating ??; Renamed CENTURY
4-PLEX ??; Seating ??;
Increased to 5-PLEX
1995; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
CINEMA: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
1989-1990
CRESWICK (Pop: 1,658) STRAND:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
CULGOA PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
DAYLESFORD (Pop: 2,644) REX:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
801; Date Closed Pre 1970
DERRINALLUM REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
180; Date Closed Pre 1970
DIMBOOLA (Pop: 1,872) REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
427; Date Closed Pre 1970
DONALD (Pop: 1,626) PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1934;
Seating 500; Date Closed
??
DOOKIE PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
DROMANA MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
275; Date Closed Pre 1970
PENINSULA DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 485;
Renamed PENINSULA DRIVE IN TWIN
18 December 1993; Car Capacity ??;
Currently Operating
DROUIN (Pop: 2,665) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1920s;
Seating 300; Date Closed
Pre 1970
DRYSDALE DRYSDALE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
150; Date Closed Pre 1970
DUMBALK PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
100; Date Closed Pre 1970
DUNKELD PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
DUNOLLY PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
EAGLEHAWK (Pop: 5,230) STAR:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
600; Date Closed Pre 1970
EAST NEWBOROUGH TENANTS
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 360; Date Closed
Pre 1970
ECHUCA (Pop: 7,043) PARAMOUNT:
Date Opened Pre 1923; Seating
770; Date Closed Pre 1970 (Now
used for live theatre)
RIVER VU DRIVE IN:
Date Opened Pre 1959; Car Capacity
380; Date Closed 1976
TIVOLI: Date Opened
Pre 1928; Seating ??; Date
Closed 1939
EILDON WEIR HOLIDAY: Date
Opened Pre 1956; Seating
390; Date Closed Pre 1970
ELMORE LYRIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
350; Date Closed Pre 1970
EMERALD MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
ESKDALE ESKDALE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
EUROA (Pop: 2,789) CIVIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
745; Date Closed Pre 1970
FISH CREEK PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
FORREST PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
FOSTER PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
280; Date Closed Pre 1970
GARFIELD GARFIELD:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
500; Date Closed Pre 1970
GEELONG (Pop: 105,059) CORIO:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
1,319; Date Closed Pre 1970 (Now
used for live theatre)
GEELONG: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,393; Renamed
ODEON ??; Date Closed
Pre 1990
PALAIS ROYAL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 400; Date
Closed Pre 1970
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 938; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ROSANNA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,361; Date
Closed Pre 1970
STAR DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 580;
Date Closed Pre 1980
SUN: Date Opened Pre February 1916;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
VILLAGE GEELONG TWIN: Date
Opened Pre 1991; Seating
??; Increased to VILLAGE
GEELONG 11-PLEX December-January 1995-1996; Seating
??;
Currently Operating
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 600;
Date Closed May 1994
GEMBROOK PROGRESS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
GENROWAN PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
GISBORNE (Pop: 600) MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1930; Seating
320; Date Closed 1964; Reopened
January 1967;
Seating 320; Date Closed
26 April 1969
GLEN THOMPSON PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
GOORAMBAT PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
GOROKE GOROKE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
GUNBOWER VILLAGE HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
HALLS GAP GRAMPIANS:
Date Opened 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
HAMILTON (Pop: 10,054) PERFORMANCE
ARTS CENTRE: Date Opened 5 July 1992;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
PRINCE REGENT: Date Opened
5 September 1927; Seating 1,194;
Date Closed
26 January 1974
TOWN HALL: Date Opened ??;
Seating ??; Date Closed
29 October 1927
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 491;
Date Closed Pre 1995
HASTINGS TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Renamed SHARON
??; Seating 250; Date Closed
??
HAWKESDALE PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
HEALESVILLE MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1951; Seating
548; Currently Operating
HEATHCOTE (Pop: 1,187)
FIRE BRIGADE HALL: Date Opened Pre
1956; Seating 400; Date Closed
Pre 1970
HEYFIELD (Pop: 1,893) MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
HOPETOWN (Pop: 1,024) MEMORIAL
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 350; Date Closed
Pre 1970
HORSHAM (Pop: 10,562) HORSHAM:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
954; Renamed BOWMAN
Pre 1970; Seating 954;
Currently Operating
MOTOR-VU DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 660;
Date Closed Pre 1995
20th CENTURY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,009; Date
Closed Pre 1970
HOWLONG PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
INGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD:
Date Opened Pre 1934; Seating
450; Date Closed Pre 1970
INVERLOCK INVERLOCK
DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Car Capacity 186; Date Closed
??
MECHANICS: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Seating 250; Date Closed
??
JEPARIT MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
449; Date Closed Pre 1970
KANIVA (Pop: 2,371) KANIVA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
375; Date Closed Pre 1970
KATAMALITE PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
KATANDRA PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
KATUNGA PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
KERANG (Pop: 4,164) PARKLANDS
DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Car Capacity 260; Date Closed
??
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 675; Date
Closed Pre 1970
KILMORE (Pop: 1,096) ASTOR:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
270; Date Closed Pre 1970
KOOWEERUP WATTLE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
450; Date Closed Pre 1970
KOROIT (Pop: 1,416) MEMORIAL
HALL: Date Opened 750;
Seating 750; Date Closed
1972
ST PATRICKS: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
1957
KORRUMBURRA (Pop: 2,001) KORRUMBURRA:
Date Opened 1920s; Seating
??; Renamed MAJESTIC
??; Seating 800;
Date Closed ??
KYABRAM (Pop: 4,645) KYABRAM:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
934; Renamed PLAZA
??; Seating 934; Date
Closed 1993-1995 (now used for live
theatre)
KYNETON (Pop: 3,446) SHIRE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 600; Date Closed
??
LAKE BOLAC PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
LAKES ENTRANCE (Pop: 1,837)
PRINCE WILLIAM: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 600; Date
Closed ??
LANCEFIELD TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
LANG LANG MEMORIAL
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 227; Date Closed
Pre 1970
LARA DRYSDALE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
150; Date Closed Pre 1970
LEITCHVILLE MEMORIAL
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 230; Date Closed
Pre 1970
LEONGATHA MEMORIAL
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 760; Date Closed
??
LINDENOW TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
; Date Closed Pre 1970
LISMORE PLAZA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
280; Date Closed Pre 1970
LOCH PUBLIC HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
230; Date Closed Pre 1970
LORNE LORNE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
670; Currently Operating
MACARTHUR TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
MAFFRA (Pop: 3,569) PARAMOUNT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
590; Date Closed Pre 1970
MALDON (Pop: 1,065) ROYAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
280; Date Closed Pre 1970
MANANGATANG TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
MANSFIELD (Pop: 2,019) REGENT:
Date Opened September 1937; Seating
??; Renamed STAR
Pre 1956; Seating
420; Currently Operating
MARYBOROUGH (Pop: 7,707) AIRDROME:
Date Opened 1923; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1956
BUNGALOW: Date Opened 1908-1909;
Seating ??; Renamed PARAMOUNT
Pre 1956;
Seating 1,123; Date Closed
April 1968 (Now used for live theatre)
SCHOOL HALL: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Seating 275; Date Closed
??
TOWN HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 400; Date Closed
Pre 1970
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 388; Date
Closed 1996
MARYSVILLE MARYSVILLE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
360; Date Closed ??
MEENIYAN LOCAL HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
320; Date Closed Pre 1970
MELBOURNE - CENTRAL
(Pop: 2,110,160)
ALBANY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 320; Renamed
PUSSYCAT (Adult) ??;
Seating ??; Date
Closed 1992
AMP CINEMA: Date Opened
C.1991; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1995
ATHENAEUM: Date Opened
31 October 1896; Seating 977;
Date Closed 1970 (Now used for live theatre)
AUSTRALIA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 498; Renamed
AUSTRALIA TWIN ??; Seating
1 500,
2 349; Date Closed 1989-1990
BERCY: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 810; Date
Closed 1973-1989
BRITANNIA: Date Opened
1913; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
BRYSON: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1989
CENTRAL: Date Opened
Pre 1924; Seating ??; Renamed
CAPITOL 7 November 1924;
Seating 2,115;
Date Closed 1990; Reopened
1996; Film Gauge 70mm; Seating
??;
Currently Operating
(Also used as live theatre)
CENTURY: Date Opened
1939; Seating 491; Date Closed
Pre 1989
CHINATOWN: Date Opened
1976; Seating 300; Renamed
LUMIERE 1993; Seating
300; Renamed
LUMIERE TWIN 1996; Seating
??; Currently Operating
CINEMA CENTRE 4-PLEX: Date
Opened Pre 1969; Seating
??; Currently Operating
CLUB: Date Opened
1970s; Seating ??; Date Closed
1989-1990
CURZON: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1991
DE LUXE: Date Opened
1915; Seating ??; Renamed
ESQUIRE ??; Seating
1,576; Date Closed Pre 1989
DENDY: Date Opened
1970s; Seating ??; Date Closed
1994
EASTLAND 3-PLEX: Date Opened
c.1970; Seating 1 884, 2
820, 746; Increased to 6-PLEX
- Renamed
MIDCITY 6-PLEX: Date Opened ??
(Cinema 1 to 3 becomes
Cinemas
4 to 6); Seating 1 to 3
??, 4 884, 5 820, 6 746;
Date
Closed
April 1992;
Reopened as CHINATOWN 1
& 3 (Located in
former
Midcity 4 and 6)
1993; Seating 1 884,
2 746; Date Closed
1996-1997
EMBASSY: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 400; (Renovated
along with MY FAIR LADY to become
EASTLAND 3-PLEX in late 1970s - See Eastland 3-Plex
for further
details)
GLACIARIUM: Date Opened
Pre 1911; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1925
GROSVENOR: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 644; Date
Closed Pre 1970
IMAX: Date Opened
15 May 1998; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
KINGS: Date Opened
1951; Seating 1,273; Renamed
BARCLAY ??; Seating
950; Date Closed Pre 1970
KINO: Date Opened
1970s; Seating ??; Renamed
KINO 3-PLEX 1993; Seating
??; Currently Operating
MAJESTIC: Date Opened 1912;
Seating 1,535; Renamed
CHELSEA ??; Seating
1,170; Date Closed
Pre 1989
MAYFAIR: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating ??; Date
Closed ??
MELBA: Date Opened
1911; Seating ??; Renamed
LIBERTY 1939; Seating
??; Renamed ODEON
November 1951; Seating 912;
Date Closed Pre 1989
METRO (Collins Street):
Date Opened 1913; Seating
1,479; Date Closed Pre 1989
MY FAIR LADY: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; (Renovated
along with EMBASSY to become EASTLAND
3-PLEX in late 1970s - See Eastland 3-Plex for further
details)
OLYMPIA: Date Opened
1909; Seating 5,000; Date
Closed Pre 1956
OPERA HOUSE: Date Opened
22 August 1896; Seating ??;
Renamed TIVOLI
??; Seating ??; Date
Closed 19??
PALACE: Date Opened
1922; Seating ??; Renamed
APOLLO 26 June 1934; Renamed
ST JAMES
21 December 1940; (Up to this date part time until
1941); Seating
1,400; Renamed METRO
1952; Seating 1,387;
CinemaScope
1954; Renamed PALACE
??; Date Closed 29 May 1978
PALLADIUM: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 899; Date
Closed Pre 1989
PARAMOUNT: Date Opened
26 December 1915; Seating ??;
Renamed LYCEUM Pre
December 1933;
Seating
??; Renamed PARIS
??; Seating 1,358; Date Closed
28 January 1970
(Demolished)
PLAZA: Date Opened
1926; Seating 1,235; Todd-AO
70mm ??; Date Closed 1 July
1970 (Demolished)
PRINCESS: Date Opened
1922; Seating ??; Date Closed
?? (Now used for live theatre)
REGENT: Date Opened
15 March 1920; Seating 3,253;
CinemaScope 7 November 1953; Todd-AO
70mm
??; Date Closed 1 July 1970
(Demolished)
RIALTO: Date Opened
1970s; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1982
ROMA: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 244; Date
Closed 1989-1991
SAVOY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 374; Date
Closed 1973-1982
SHAFT: Date Opened
1970s; Seating ??; Date Closed
1989-1990
ST GEORGE: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
19??
STAR: Date Opened
Pre 1953; Seating 238; Renamed
CRAZYHOUSE Pre 1989;
Seating ??; Date
Closed
1995-1996
STATE: Date Opened
1929; Seating 3,427; Twinned
and Renamed FORUM and RAPOLLO
Pre 1972;
Seating 944 (Forum),
627 (Rapollo); Date Closed
1980-1989;
Reopened FORUM
only 1996; Currently
Operating (Also used for
live theatre)
STATE FILM CENTRE: Date Opened
Pre 1993; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
STRAND: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
TATLER: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 278; Date
Closed Pre 1970
TIMES: Date Opened
1932; Seating 344; Date Closed
Pre 1989
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
13 September 1900; Seating ??;
Date Closed 19??
UNION CENTRE 5-PLEX: Date Opened
1970s; Seating ??; Renamed
RUSSELL 5-PLEX ??; Seating
??;
Currently Operating
VILLAGE CENTRE 4-PLEX: Date
Opened June 1986; Seating
??; Currently Operating
MELBOURNE SUBURBAN CINEMAS
ALBERT
PARK DUX: Date Opened
June 29 1912; Seating 1,200;
CinemaScope 1954 Date Closed
c.1930
KINEMA: Date Opened
1920; Seating 1,630; Seating
Reduced 1939 1,234; Date Closed
October 30 1983
PARK Date Opened December 24 1938;
Seating 1,573; Date Closed
31 March 1962 (Demolished)
ALTONA
(Pop: 25,020) STRAND:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
ARMADALE
ARMADLE: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
ASCOT VALE
ASCOT: Date Opened
Pre August 1952; Seating 1,525;
Date Closed Pre 1989
WARATAH: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,352; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ASHBURTON
CIVIC: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 1,022; Date
Closed Pre 1970
BALWYN
BALWYN: Date Opened
4 January 1930; Seating 1,352;
Renamed BALWYN 3-PLEX
February 1994; Seating
1 400, 2 & 3 200; Currently
Operating
INTERNATIONAL: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 797; Date
Closed Pre 1989
TIME: Date Opened
Pre August 1951; Seating 1,176;
Date Closed Pre 1970
BELGRAVE
CAMEO: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 498; Renamed
CAMEO 3-PLEX ??; Seating
??; Currently
Operating
BELGRAVE
HEIGHTS PROGRESS: Date
Opened Pre 1956; Seating
160; Date Closed Pre 1970
BENTLEIGH
BENTLEIGH: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,048; Date
Closed Pre 1989
BLACKBURN
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 250; Date
Closed Pre 1970
BORONIA
ELECTRA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 375; Date
Closed Pre 1989
VILLAGE TWIN: Date Opened
Pre 1991; Seating ??; Renamed
and Increased to CENTURY 3-PLEX
1994;
Seating ??; Increased to 4-PLEX
December-January 1995-1996;
Seating
??; Currently Operating
BOX HILL
(Pop: 54,529) REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
788; Date Closed Pre 1989
RIALTO: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,113; Date
Closed Pre 1970
BRIGHTON
(Pop: 40,617) CENTRE:
Date Opened Pre 1930; Seating
1,300; Renamed BAY
TWIN ??; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
PRINCE GEORGE: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 600; Date
Closed Pre 1970
BROADMEADOWS
(Pop: 88,065) HOYTS 8-PLEX:
Date Opened 25 June 1998; Seating
??; Currently Operating
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 690;
Date Closed
Pre 1989
BROOKLYN
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
??; Car Capacity 1,000; Date
Closed Pre 1989
BRUNSWICK
ALHAMBRA: Date Opened
Pre August 1951; Seating 1,344;
Date Closed Pre 1970
EMPIRE: Date Opened
Pre November 1927; Seating 1,367;
Date Closed 1976 (Demolished)
PADUA: Date Opened
24 July 1937; Seating 1,750;
CinemaScope 1954; Renamed
METROPOLITAN 1969; Seating
1,750; Date Closed 1970
BULLEEN
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 754;
Date Closed Pre 1989
BUNDOORA
AGORA: Date Opened
Pre 1991; Seating ??; Date
Closed 1995-1997
BURNLEY
BURNLEY: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 943; Date
Closed Pre 1970
BURWOOD
PALATIAL: Date Opened
Pre 19??; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 19??
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
February 1954; Car Capacity 743;
Date Closed Pre 1989
CAMBERWELL
(Pop: 99,908) BROADWAY:
Date Opened Pre 1930; Seating
1,316; Date Closed Pre 1989
CANTERBURY
CANTERBURY: Date Opened
1913; Seating ??; Renamed
MALING Pre 1951; Seating
942; Date
Closed Pre 1970 (Demolished)
CARLTON
CARLTON: Date Opened
1921; Seating 499; Currently
Operating
NOVA TWIN: Date Opened
1992; Seating ??; Increased
to 4-PLEX 1994;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
CARNEGIE
CARNEGIE: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 873; Date
Closed Pre 1970
CAULFIELD
(Pop: 76,119) CAMDEN:
Date Opened Pre 1951; Seating
1,610; Date Closed Pre 1970
CRYSTAL PALACE: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 1,243; Date Closed
Pre 1970
CHADSTONE
CHADSTONE 8-PLEX: Date Opened
Pre 1986; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
CHELSEA
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 719; Date
Closed 1989-1991
CHELTENHAM
MEMORIAL HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 380; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SOUTHLAND 8-PLEX: Date Opened
September 1990; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
CLAYTON
METRO DRIVE IN: Date Opened
30 May 1957; Car Capacity 1,474;
Date Closed Pre 1989
CLIFTON
HILL CLIFTON:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
890; Date Closed Pre 1970
COBURG
(Pop: 68,568) COBURG DRIVE IN:
Date Opened 1965; Car Capacity
857; Increased to
COBURG DRIVE IN
3-PLEX December 1995; Car Capacities
??; Currently Operating
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating ??; Renamed
GRAND c1951; Seating
1,365; Date Closed Pre 1970
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 1,178; Date
Closed Pre 1970
COLLINGWOOD
(Pop: 22,459) AUSTRAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
1,418; Date Closed Pre 1970
CROWN CASINO
VILLAGE 14-PLEX: Date Opened
8 May 1977; Seating ; Currently
Operating
CROYDON
(Pop: 21,353) CROYDON:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
460; Renamed CROYDON
4-PLEX 1993-1995;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened 1954;
Car Capacity 800; Renamed
VILLAGE DRIVE
IN TWIN
??; Date Closed August
1990
DANDENGONG
(Pop: 31,698) DANDENONG 10-PLEX:
Date Opened Pre 1991; Seating
??; Currently Operating
MAYFAIR: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 1,094; Date
Closed Pre 1970
PANORAMIC DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 782;
Date Closed ??
DEER PARK
LOCAL HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1970
DONCASTER
(Pop: 33,382) ATHENAEUM:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
VILLAGE TWIN: Date Opened
Pre 1987; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
EAST BRUNSWICK
LIBERTY: Date Opened
Pre 1920; Seating 769; Date
Closed 1988 (Now used for live theatre)
LYGON: Date Opened
Pre August 1951; Seating 1,140;
Date Closed Pre 1970
EAST MALVERN
WAVERLEY: Date Opened
Pre 1935; Seating 1,150; Date
Closed Pre 1970
EAST PRESTON
GOWERVILLE: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
NORTHLAND 8-PLEX: Date Opened
December 1987; Seating ??; Increased
to 12-PLEX 1998;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
EAST ST
KILDA ASTOR: Date
Opened Pre 1951; Seating
1,682; Film Gauge 70mm ??;
Currently Operating
EDITHVALE
UNITY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 475; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ELSTERNWICK
CLASSIC: Date Opened
Pre 1975; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
ESQUIRE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 560; Renamed
SHARON 1970; Seating
560; Date
Closed Pre 1989
RENOWN: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,343; Date
Closed Pre 1989
ELTHAM
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1932; Seating 332; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ELWOOD
BROADWAY: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 996; Date
Closed Pre 1970
EPPING
EPPING 10-PLEX: Date Opened
28 November 1997; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
ESSENDON
(Pop: 58,258) AIRPORT 8-PLEX:
Date Opened Pre 1991; Seating
??; Currently Operating
CIRCLE: Date Opened
Pre November 1951; Seating ??;
Date Closed Pre 1970
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre November 1951; Seating 982;
Date Closed Pre 1970
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 862;
Date Closed Pre 1989
FAIRFIELD
FAIRFIELD: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 1,039; Date Closed
Pre 1970
FERNTREE
GULLY LOYALTY:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
364; Date Closed Pre 1989
FITZROY
CATHEDRAL: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 850; Date
Closed Pre 1989
CYCLORAMA: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
PANORAMA TWIN: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1994
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 2,257; Date
Closed Pre 1970
FOOTSCRAY
BARKLY: Date Opened
1915; Seating 1,403; CinemaScope
1954; Date Closed 17 March 1962
(Destroyed by fire)
GRAND: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,190; Date
Closed 1985
LA SCALA: Date Opened
28 November 1957; Seating 790;
Date Closed Pre 1991
TROCADERO: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,328; Date
Closed Pre 1970
FOREST
HILL FOREST HILL:
Date Opened Pre 1970; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1989
FOREST HILL 10-PLEX: Date Opened
Pre 1991; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
FRANKSTON
FANKSTON 4-PLEX: Date Opened
Pre 1989; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,014; Date
Closed Pre 1970
STARLITE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Car Capacity 600;
Date Closed Pre 1970
GARDENVALE
GARDENVALE: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating ??; Renamed
MAYFAIR Pre 1951; Seating 1,095;
Date Closed Pre 1970
GARDINER
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,414; Date
Closed Pre 1970
GLENFERRIE
GLEN: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 1,212; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PALACE: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,271; Date
Closed Pre 1970
GLENHUNTLY:
GLENHUNTLY: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,252; Date
Closed Pre 1970
GLENROY
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 240; Date
Closed Pre 1970
GLEN WAVERLEY
CENTURY CITY WALK 10-PLEX:
Date Opened August 1998; Seating
??; Currently Operating
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 140; Date
Closed Pre 1970
GREENSBOROUGH
HOYTS 7-PLEX: Date Opened
1996; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
VICTORY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 209; Date
Closed Pre 1989
VILLAGE TWIN: Date Opened 1978;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1990
HAMPTON
HAMPTON: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,043; Renamed
SOUTHERN Pre 1956;
Seating 1,045;
Date Closed Pre 1970 (Now used for live
theatre)
HARTWELL
REGAL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,179; Date
Closed Pre 1970
HAWTHORN
RIVOLI: Date Opened
1940; Seating 1,642; Renamed
RIVOLI TWIN Pre 1969; Seating
??; Currently
Operating
VOGUE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,091; Date
Closed Pre 1970
HEIDELBURG
ORIENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 616; Date
Closed Pre 1970
HIGHETT
LYRIC: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 400; Date
Closed Pre 1970
IVANHOE
IVANHOE: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,286; Date
Closed Pre 1970
KEW
RIALTO: Date Opened Pre 1930;
Seating 1,154; Date Closed
Pre 1970
LILYDALE
CIVIC: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 286; Date
Closed Pre 1989
MAIDSTONE
ROXY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 680; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MALVERN
EMBASSY: Date Opened
29 November 1935; Seating ??;
Renamed METRO 1950s;
Seating 1,332;
Renamed DENDY
1972; Seating ??; Renamed
METRO 1978;
Seating ??; Date Closed
1986 (Demolished)
NEW MALVERN:
Date Opened Pre 1930; Seating
1,588; Date Closed Pre 1989
MARIBYRNONG
HIGHPOINT 10-PLEX: Date Opened
Pre 1991; Seating ??; Increased
to 16-PLEX 1997;
Seating ??;
Currently Operating
SUNSET DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Car Capacity 940;
Date Closed 1989-1991
MENTONE
MENTONE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,306; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MERLYNSTON
PROGRESS: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1989
MIDDLE
BRIGHTON DENDY:
Date Opened 1940; Seating
1,158; Renamed DENDY
TWIN ??; Seating ??;
Increased to 3-PLEX
1994; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
MITCHAM
MEMORIAL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 325; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MONTMORENCY
MECHANICS: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 120; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MOONEE
PONDS MOONEE PONDS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
1,350; Date Closed Pre 1970
MOORABBIN
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1969; Car Capacity 915;
Date Closed Pre 1989
MORDIALLOC
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 964; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MURRUMBEENA
ARGOSY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 330; Renamed
CAPRI ??; Seating
??; Date Closed
Pre 1989
NEWMARKET
NEWMARKET: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,272; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NEWPORT
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 650; Date
Closed Pre 1989
NOBLE PARK
NOBLE PARK: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 260; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NORTH CARLTON
ADELPHI: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 1,600; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NORTHCOTE
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating ??; Renamed
NORTHCOTE Pre 1956; Seating
1,219;
Renamed VALHALLA
1988; Seating ??; Renamed
WESTGARTH
1995-1997; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
NORTH ESSENDON
CIRCLE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,290; Date
Closed Pre 1970
REGAL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 906; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NORTH FITZROY
MERRI: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,522; Date
Closed Pre 1970
PALACE: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,168; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NORTH MELBOURNE
CENTRAL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 454; Date
Closed Pre 1970
CINESTAR: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 523; Date
Closed Pre 1989
LOCO: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 896; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NORTH RICHMOND
VICTORIA: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 886; Date
Closed Pre 1989
OAKLEIGH
PARAMOUNT: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 1,450; Date
Closed Pre 1989
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 998; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Car Capacity 608;
Date Closed 1989-1991
ORMOND
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 998; Date
Closed Pre 1970
PASCOE
VALE TASMA: Date
Opened Pre 1956; Seating
286; Date Closed 7 August 1958
SOUTH STREET: Date Opened
Pre 1991; Seating 250; Date
Closed Pre 1997
PORT MELBOURNE
ECLIPSE: Date Opened
Pre 1920; Seating 1,263; Date
Closed Pre 1970
PRAHRAN
EMPRESS: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,117; Date
Closed Pre 1970
JAM FACTORY: Date Opened
January 1996; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
LYRIC: Date Opened
December 1910; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
PRESTON
CIRCLE: Date Opened
1939; Seating 933; Date Closed
Pre 1970
MELODY: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 1,250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
OLYMPIC DRIVE IN TWIN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 1,330;
Date Closed Pre 1989
PLANET: Date Opened 1938-1939;
Seating 900; Date Closed
Pre 1970
ST JAMES: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 999; Date Closed
Pre 1970
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1956; Car Capacity 754; Date
Closed Pre 1989
RESERVOIR
CHURCH HALL: Date Opened
1918; Seating ??; Date Closed
1928
PALAIS: Date Opened March 1928;
Seating 500; Renamed PLAZA
17 July 1943; Seating 499; Date
Closed 1955
PLAZA: Date Opened 26 March 1955;
Seating 897; Renamed
CINEMA NORTH 1968; Seating
??;
Renamed CINEMA NORTH TWIN
1979; Seating 1 ??, 2
241;
Date Closed November 1991 (Cinema 1-Demolished)
21 July 1993
(Cinema 2)
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 750; Date
Closed Pre 1989
RICHMOND
CINEMA: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 2,406; Date
Closed Pre 1970
CROWN: Date Opened
??; Seating ??; Renamed VICTORIA
1936; Seating ??; Date Closed
??
GLOBE: Date Opened 1911-1912;
Seating 928; Date Closed
Pre 1989
NATIONAL: Date Opened November 1911;
CinemaScope 1955; Seating
960; Date Closed 1883
NATIONAL OPEN AIR: Date Opened 1910;
Seating ??; Date Closed
1911
ORIENTAL: Date Opened 1911-1912;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1955
RICHMOND: Date Opened 1911-1912;
Seating ??; Date Closed
??
ST IGNATIUS: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 590; Date Closed
Pre 1970
RINGWOOD
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 753; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ROSANNA
RSL HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ROWVILLE
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 768;
Date Closed Pre 1989
ST KILDA
CASINO OPEN AIR: Date Opened
December 1913; Seating 3,000;
Date Closed Pre 1920
GEORGE 3-PLEX: Date Opened 24 November
1994; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
MEMORIAL HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 750; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PALAIS: Date Opened 1927;
Seating 2,968; Date Closed
Pre 1989 (now live theatre)
PARADISE OPEN AIR: Date Opened 1913;
Seating 2,600; Date Closed
Pre 1920
ST KILDA: Date Opened Pre May 1911;
Seating ??; Date Closed
??
VICTORY: Date Opened 19 March 1928;
Seating 2,547; Date Closed
Pre 1989
SANDRINGHAM
(Pop: 36,671) ROXY:
Date Opened Pre 1951; Seating
960; Date Closed Pre 1970
SANDRINGHAM DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 990;
Date
Closed Pre 1989
SEAFORD
SEAFORD: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 319; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SOUTH MELBOURNE
BEACH: Date Opened
October 1909; Seating ??; Renamed
STRAND ??; Seating
??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
EMPIRE: Date Opened
Pre 1920; Seating 1,000; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SOUTH YARRA
REGENT: Date Opened
1925; Seating 1,870; Renamed
LONGFORD c.1970s; Seating
??; Currently
Operating
COMO 3-PLEX: Date Opened
15 December 1994; Seating ??;
Date Closed Currently Operating
SPRINGVALE
(Pop: 39,430) SPRINGVALE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
520; Date Closed Pre 1970
SUNSHINE
(Pop: 69,250) SUNSHINE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
820; Date Closed Pre 1970
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1969; Car Capacity 815;
Date Closed Pre 1989
VILLAGE 20-PLEX: Date Opened
18 December 1997; Seating 4,500 (Total);
Currently
Operating
SURREY
HILLS SURREY:
Date Opened Pre 1951; Seating
760; Date Closed Pre 1989
THORNBURY
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating 1,697; Date
Closed Pre 1970
TOORAK
TOORAK DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Car Capacity 634;
Date Closed Pre 1989
VILLAGE: Date Opened Pre 1951;
Seating 1,264 ; Renamed TRAK
Pre 1970; Seating 550; Currently
Operating
WANTIRNA
KNOX 10-PLEX: Date Opened
Pre 1989; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 658;
Date Closed Pre 1989
WAVERLEY
WAVERLEY: Date Opened
Pre 1940; Seating ??; Renamed
WAVERLEY TWIN ??; Seating
??;
Currently Operating
WAVERLEY
GARDENS (Pop: 69,845) WAVERLEY
GARDENS 6-PLEX: Date Opened 1994;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
WEST BRUNSWICK
WESTERN: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating ??; Renamed
MARCO POLO Pre 1956; Seating
1,137; Date Closed Pre 1989
(Now used for live theatre)
WEST COBURG
PROGRESS: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 350; Date
Closed February 1998
WEST PRESTON
PROGRESS: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 250; Date
Closed Pre 1970
RIVOLI: Date Opened
Pre 1951; Seating 870; Date
Closed Pre 1970
WESTGARTH
WESTGARTH: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,431; Date
Closed Pre 1989
WILLIAMSTOWN
(Pop: 30,449) EMPRESS:
Date Opened Pre 1951; Seating
888; Date Closed Pre 1970
WILLIAMSTOWN: Date Opened Pre 1930;
Seating ??; Renamed SHORE
Pre
1951;
Seating 1,162; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WINDSOR
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1930; Seating ??; Renamed
WINDSOR Pre 1951; Seating
1,408; Date Closed
Pre 1970
YARRAVILLE
ST GEORGE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 910; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SUN: Date Opened 1938;
Seating 1,041; Date Closed
1983
MELTON CINEMA
TWIN: Date Opened c.1970;
Seating ??; Increased to
3-PLEX 1996; Seating
; Currently Operating
MERBEIN CIVIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
296; Date Closed Pre 1970
MERRIGUM TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
MILDURA (Pop: 12,931)
ASTOR: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 835; Date
Closed Pre 1970
CROSSROADS DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 425;
Date Closed Pre 1989
OZONE: Date Opened 1939;
Seating 1,457; Renamed
DEAKIN TWIN ??; Seating
??;
Currently Operating
16TH STREET DRIVE IN: Date Opened
1970; Car Capacity 700; Date
Closed Pre 1989
MINYIP MECHANICS:
Date Opened 1921-1922; Seating
290; Date Closed Pre 1970
MOE (Pop: 16,531) CIVIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
800; Date Closed Pre 1970
FAIRSKY DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 500; Date
Closed 1994
MONBULK MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
132; Date Closed Pre 1970
MONTROSE MONTROSE:
Date Opened Pre 1970; Seating
180; Date Closed ??
MOOROOPNA (Pop: 2,568)
MECHANICS: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 300; Date Closed
Pre 1970
MORNINGTON (Pop: 7,349)
PLAZA: Date Opened
1920s; Seating 800; Renamed
MAT FLINDERS Pre 1970;
Seating
??; Renamed MORNINGTON
TWIN December 1993; Seating
??;
Currently Operating
MORTLAKE (Pop: 1,248)
MEMORIAL HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 350; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MORWELL (Pop: 16,610)
MID-VALLEY 8-PLEX: Date Opened
December 1966; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
PANORAMIC DRIVE IN: Date Opened 1956;
Car Capacity 410; Date Closed
Pre 1989
PARAMOUNT: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 450; Date Closed
Pre 1970
TOWN HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 480; Date Closed
Pre 1970
MAYA: Date Opened
21 June 1956; Seating ??; Renamed
VILLAGE MORWELL TWIN
20 December 1975; Seating ??;
Date Closed December 1996
MT BEAUTY PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Seating 350; Date Closed
??
MT BULLER VILLAGE:
Date Opened 1997; Seating
180; Currently Operating
MT EVELYN MAYFAIR:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
350; Date Closed Pre 1970
MOYHU TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
MURCHISON TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
MURTOA (Pop: 1,109) MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
496; Date Closed ??
MYRTLEFORD MYRTLEFORD:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
350; Date Closed ??
NAGAMBIE NAGAMBIE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
212; Date Closed Pre 1970
NATHALIA (Pop: 1,369)
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 330; Date
Closed Pre 1970
NATIMUK PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
NHILL (Pop: 2,251) ROYAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
740; Date Closed ??
NIRRANDRA PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
NORTH GEELONG VILLAGE
DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 580; Date Closed
1993-1995
NORTH MIRBOO SHIRE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 400; Date Closed
Pre 1970
NORTH YALLOURN MONASH:
Date Opened 21 June 1956; Seating
; Date Closed Pre 1970
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
NUMURKAH SHIRE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 500; Date Closed
Pre 1970
OAKLANDS TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
OCEAN GROVE MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
150; Date Closed ??
OMEO (Pop: 2,026) MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
ORBOST (Pop: 2,797) MAJESTIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed Pre 1970
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 400; Date
Closed Pre 1970
OUYEN (Pop: 1,645) ROXY:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed ??
PAKENHAM PAKENHAM:
Date Opened 1920s; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
PANMURE PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PAYNESVILLE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PENSHURST TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PIANGIL TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
POINT LONSDALE PORT
PICS: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 230; Renamed
LONSDALE Pre 1970; Seating
230;
Date Closed ??
POOWONG PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 230; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PORT ARLINGTON PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 330; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PORT FAIRY (Pop: 2,579)
FAIRY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 475; Date
Closed 1995-1997
PORTLAND (Pop: 6,690)
COACHLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 432;
Renamed MIDWAY DRIVE
IN Pre 1990; Car Capacity
432; Date Closed 1990-1993
STAR: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 991; Currently
Operating
POWELLTOWN TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
PYRAMID TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
QUAMBATOOK LOCAL
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 180; Date Closed
Pre 1970
QUWWNSCLIFF GRAND:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
498; Date Closed ??
RAINBOW MECCA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
491; Date Closed ??
REDCLIFFS (Pop: 2,439)
OZONE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 744; Date
Closed ??
ROBINVALE (Pop: 1,404)
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
VALLEY DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 300;
Date Closed ??
ROCHESTER (Pop: 2,122)
STRAND: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 734; Date
Closed Pre 1970
ROMSEY HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
ROSEBUD BROADWAY:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
720; Renamed ROSEBUD
3-PLEX 1993-1995; Seating ??;
Increased to 6-PLEX 20
November 1997; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
ROSEDALE TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
RUPANYUP MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed Pre 1970
RUSHWORTH TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
RUTHERGLEN (Pop: 1,287)
GLEN: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 498; Date
Closed Pre 1970
RYE RYE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed Pre 1970
ST ALBANS SHIRE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
ST ARNAUD (Pop: 3,004)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened Pre 1934;
Seating 880; Date Closed
??
SALES (Pop: 8,640) PALAIS:
Date Opened 1926; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1928
PRINCE REGENT: Date Opened
4 January 1927; Seating 900;
Date Closed 23 February 1973
(Demolished)
SALE TWIN: Date Opened
Pre 1993; Seating ??; Increased
to 3-PLEX October 1996;
Seating
??; Currently Operating
SWAN LAKE DRIVE IN: Date Opened 1950s;
Car Capacity 457; Date Closed
Pre 1993
VICTORIA HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1927; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
SAN REMO REMO:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
350; Date Closed ??
SEA LAKE MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
600; Date Closed Pre 1970
SEVILLE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
SEYMOUR (Pop: 5,505)
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 412; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SHIRE HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 717; Date
Closed Pre 1989
SUNSET DRIVE IN: Date Opened
??; Car Capacity ??; Film
Gauge 70mm; Date Closed
1993
SHEPPARTON ASTOR:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
650; Renamed CAPRI ??;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
LYRIC: Date Opened 1939;
Seating 1,054; Date Closed
Pre 1970
TWILIGHT DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 470;
Date Closed 1992; Reopened
1995;
Car Capacity 470; Date Closed
1995-1997
SKIPTON MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1970
SOMERVILLE CORONET:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
SORRENTO ATHENAEUM:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
490; Date Closed Pre 1970; Reopened
as SORRENTO
1993-1995; Seating 490;
Renamed ATHENAEUM TWIN
December 1996; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
STANHOPE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
STAWELL (Pop: 5,909)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 900; Date Closed
Pre 1970
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 600;
Date Closed 1990-1993
STRATHMERTON RSL
PICTURES: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 150; Date Closed
Pre 1970
SUNBURY MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
300; Date Closed Pre 1970
SWAN HALL (Pop: 7,381)
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 1,080; Date
Closed ??
SWAN LINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 360; Date
Closed ??
SWANPOOL SWANPOOL:
Date Opened Pre 1993; Seating
??; Currently Operating
SWIFTS CREEK MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
170; Date Closed Pre 1970
TALLANGATTA (Pop: 1,000)
GAIETY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 284; Date
Closed Pre 1970
MEMORIAL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
TATURA (Pop: 2,496) VICTORY:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
450; Date Closed Pre 1970
TAYLORS LAKE WATERGARDENS
8-PLEX: Date Opened September 1997;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
TERANG (Pop: 1,991) MECHANICS:
Date Opened 19 December 1951; Seating
650; Renamed CIVIC
??; Seating ??;
Date Closed ??
THORNDALE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
TIDAL RIVER OPEN
AIR: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
TIMBOON PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
TONGALA REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
TOORA VILLAGE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed ??
TORQUAY PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 300; Date Closed
1989-1995
TRAFALGAR IDEAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
398; Date Closed Pre 1970
TRARALGON (Pop: 14,079) VALLEY:
Date Opened 19 December 1951; Seating
850; CinemaScope 2April 1956;
Renamed LATROBE
1973; Seating 850; Date Closed
15 January
1978
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1970; Car Capacity 686; Date
Closed April 1990
TRENTHAM MECHANICS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
160; Date Closed Pre 1970
TUNGAMAH TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
UNDERBOOL TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
UPWEY UPWEY:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
180; Date Closed Pre 1970
URANA TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1970
VIOLET TOWN MEMORIAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1970
WALLA WALLA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WALWA WALWA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
250; Date Closed 1957
WANDIN PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WANGARATTA (Pop: 15,175)
CINEMA 3-PLEX: Date Opened
December 1995-January 1996; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
ORANA: Date Opened
13 September 1956; Seating 1,100;
Date Closed Pre 1989
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 775; Date
Closed Pre 1970
VILLAGE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 598;
Date Closed 1996
WARBURTON (Pop: 1,545)
CIVIC: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 400; Currently
Operating
WARRACKNABEAL (Pop: 3,151)
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 775; Date
Closed Pre 1970
WARRAGUL (Pop: 6,846)
TWILITE DRIVE IN: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Car Capacity 550;
Date Closed ??
WARRAGUL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 860; Date Closed
Pre 1970; Reopened as
WARRAGUL TWIN Pre 1993; Seating
??; Date Closed 1995-1997
WARRANDYTE (Pop: 1,085)
PUBLIC HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 180; Date
Closed Pre 1970
WARRNAMBOOL (Pop: 25,000)
WARRNAMBOOL: Date Opened
12 April 1930; Seating 1,150;
Renamed CAPITOL
c.1932; Seating 1,106;
Renamed CAPITOL 3-PLEX
(Cinema 1)
10 November 1994 (Cinena 2 & 3) 22 December
1994; Seating 1
250, 2 & 3 180; Date Closed
1995-1997
LIBERTY: Date Opened ??;
Seating 772; Date Closed
1956
SHANNON DRIVE IN: Date Opened 1956;
Car Capacity 800; Renamed
COLAC
DRIVE IN 1970s; Date Closed
1986
WEDDERBURN PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 500; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WELSHPOOL TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 300; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WERRIBEE (Pop: 8,228)
PALAIS: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 1,030; Date Closed
Pre 1970
VILLAGE 10-PLEX: Date Opened December
1995; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
WEST ELDORADO TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WEST GEELONG (Pop: 17,538)
PIX: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 490; Date
Closed May 1996
WEST NYAH REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1970
WHITTLESEA (Pop: 11,491)
MECHANICS: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1970
WODONGA (Pop: 8,653)
MELBA: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 455; Date
Closed Pre 1970
SKYLINE DRIVE IN: Date Opened Pre
1956; Car Capacity 643; Date
Closed ??
WONTHAGGI UNION:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
900; Currently Operating
WOODEND WOODEND:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
396; Date Closed Pre 1970
WOOMELONG PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 400; Date Closed
Pre 1970
WYCHEPROOF (Pop: 1,005)
BROADWAY: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 425; Date
Closed Pre 1970
YACKANDANDAH
STAR: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1970
YALLOURN (Pop: 4,250)
ST JOHNS HALL: Date Opened
1931; Seating ??; Date Closed
1939-1945
ST THERESA'S HALL: Date Opened Pre
1931; Seating ??; Date Closed
1939-1945
YALLOURN: Date Opened 19 May 1939;
Seating 639; Todd-AO 70mm
1968; Date Closed
6 December 1978 (Demolished)
YARRA JUNCTION TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
YARRAM (Pop: 2,015) REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
722; Date Closed 1990-1993
YARRAWONGA (Pop: 3,163)
GROVE: Date Opened
1935; Seating 872; Date Closed
1964
LAKESIDE DRIVE IN: Date Opened 1960s;
Car Capacity 380; Date Closed
1997
YEA (Pop: 1,084) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 350; Date Closed
??
YINNAR TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1970
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Bradley Knewstubb 1998 E-mail: Cinemania@xtra.co.nz
Updated: 7 December, 1998
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