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Above from top: At the Naracoorte Institute
demountable stadium seating rises towards the
vaulted timber ceiling.
The steel supporting frame for the seats. Above from top:
Time has slightly
A stage on wheels.
faded the
CINEMAS AS CINEMAS Theatre Royal
Camperdown.
Theatre Royal, Camperdown
The architect’s
Camperdown is memorable as a
sketches for the
small town with outsize monuments.
souvenir program
The clocktower, worthy of a capital
evoke his
city, is set at the head of a long line of
intention better
trees. Beside it is a handsome bronze of
than any photo.
a woman ‘Spirit of the Empire’
extolling the cause of the Great War.
No surprise then to find that the
building with ‘Picture Theatre’
emblazoned across the pediment is still
functioning as such.
The New Camperdown Theatre
(now Theatre Royal) replaced the
Mechanics Institute after a fire destroyed
all but the street façade. This has been
retained and the imposing entrance to
the theatre is in the side street.
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