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Bourke Street
Victoria Arcade
Royal Lane Russell Place
Top: The rebuilt Bijou was essentially this same design. The seven-storey section of
the Palace Hotel will rise against the west wall of the Bijou.
Above (left): The only illustration available of the Academy of Music/Bijou. It is
opening night with Soprano Ilma da Murska on stage.
Source: Theatre In Australia, by John West.
Above (right): Plan view (greatly simplified) of the relative positions of the Gaiety and
Bijou. The theatres are on different levels. Source – Mahlstedt Map. Little Collins Street
Opposite page: The promenade from Bourke Street (N in the cut-away), as illustrated
for the opening of the Academy of Music. The staircase (left) – near J on the cut-
away, is the main entrance to the theatre. Note: the image has been ‘flipped’ to make
the match-up with N and J easier to follow. Source: Margaret Williams, Australia On
The Popular Stage 1829- 1920, Oxford University Press 1983.
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