The address is 62 Bayley Street, Coolgardie. The museum is the Goldfields Exhibition Museum. The Coolgardie Town Hall also contains the Coolgardie Visitor Centre.
The roof of the building can seen on Google Earth(it’s the round building!). Some of the building can be seen on Instant Google Street view from Salmon Gums Road around the intersection of Irish Mulga Drive!
Correction – Coolgardie Town Hall and Gardens is on the north side of Bayley Street between Lefroy Street and Hunt Street. The town hall is also a museum and a church(name unknown?).
The entrance of the drive-in is off a side road(unnamed?) going north, and there is a(power sub-station?) on the right hand corner of the intersection!
I think the Theatre Royal building(before possibly been moved to 85/93 Lindsay Street) may have been on the corner of Woodward Street and Hunt Street where those two heritage markers are(next to a house)!
You can see an aerial shot of the Swap Shop Drive-in property on Google Earth! I think you can see at least 9 of the drive-in screens in the Google Earth aerial shot!
The cinema is up the car park ramp to the right inside the Morley Galleria Shopping Centre. The Cinema is now called Event Cinemas(as well as greater union).
There is a plaque on the footpath outside the Broken Hill hotel across the road(Harper street, same side of Albany highway) about the New Broadway Theatre(and Garden?) where there was a tram stop on the tram route from Perth to East Victoria Park and later Welshpool. there may still a map of the tram route available at the Victoria Park Public Library.
The Rmax Cinema(Golden Nugget building) is still there, it is the two story in the picture, now visible that some of the pioneer World buildings have been demolished!
Norfolk Island is an island in the Pacific Ocean 1673km east-north east from Sydney. Australia. Norfolk island is a external territory of Australia. Norfolk Isalnd is named after the Norfolk pine. Norfolk Island was originally a penal colony for hardened convits.
The address is 62 Bayley Street, Coolgardie. The museum is the Goldfields Exhibition Museum. The Coolgardie Town Hall also contains the Coolgardie Visitor Centre.
Two of the stores there now are Pottery barn, and Pottery barn For kids. I don’t remember the names of the other three stores?
The roof of the building can seen on Google Earth(it’s the round building!). Some of the building can be seen on Instant Google Street view from Salmon Gums Road around the intersection of Irish Mulga Drive!
Does anyone know why the drive-in was called Swap Shop?
The remaining ramps and (concession/bio-box building?) is behind the Orana Cinemas building to the right of the building!
Correction – Hardened convicts(not hardened convits!)
The video library(old dome concession building) is called K-Assaad Video Library & Secondhand Shop(10 Irish Mulga Drive, Kamblada West).
The gardens is now the park to the right of the town hall.
Correction – Coolgardie Town Hall and Gardens is on the north side of Bayley Street between Lefroy Street and Hunt Street. The town hall is also a museum and a church(name unknown?).
The entrance of the drive-in is off a side road(unnamed?) going north, and there is a(power sub-station?) on the right hand corner of the intersection!
I think the Theatre Royal building(before possibly been moved to 85/93 Lindsay Street) may have been on the corner of Woodward Street and Hunt Street where those two heritage markers are(next to a house)!
You can see an aerial shot of the Swap Shop Drive-in property on Google Earth! I think you can see at least 9 of the drive-in screens in the Google Earth aerial shot!
I think it might now have been converted into a medical centre and pharmacy!
The retirement home is part of the Aegis Group.
Moonlight Cinema is also listed on the Event Cinemas website https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/ .
I think the Picture gardens may been on the right hand side of the building!? The picture gardens projector room may still be there!?
Is the Swap shop drive-in possibly have the world record for themost screens at a drive-in? Does anyone know why the drive-in was Swap Shop?
The cinema is up the car park ramp to the right inside the Morley Galleria Shopping Centre. The Cinema is now called Event Cinemas(as well as greater union).
There is a plaque on the footpath outside the Broken Hill hotel across the road(Harper street, same side of Albany highway) about the New Broadway Theatre(and Garden?) where there was a tram stop on the tram route from Perth to East Victoria Park and later Welshpool. there may still a map of the tram route available at the Victoria Park Public Library.
The Rmax Cinema(Golden Nugget building) is still there, it is the two story in the picture, now visible that some of the pioneer World buildings have been demolished!
Norfolk Island is an island in the Pacific Ocean 1673km east-north east from Sydney. Australia. Norfolk island is a external territory of Australia. Norfolk Isalnd is named after the Norfolk pine. Norfolk Island was originally a penal colony for hardened convits.
After the fire the ceiling was lowered down in the rebuilt.
There a picture of the Projector on the website from a Perth Drive-in(doesn’t say which one?).
The Cremorne Theatre building is now a church(Churchwest).
There may be a (local council – Coolgardie Shire Council) heritage marker on the site?