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St. George’s Theatre 34 Birmingham Street, Yarraville, VIC

St George’s Theatre, Yarraville

Next to Yarraville train station, St George’s Theatre was built in 1891 and has been variously a theatre, a cinema, and a ballroom dance studio. It was one of the locations for Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 film Strictly Ballroom, and is now being converted into apartments

Statement of Significance -

The former St Georges Theatre is significant to the City of Maribyrnong because: - its creation was heralded with much enthusiasm by the community and its leaders and has been a major social gathering place within the City over a long period ( Criterion A4, G1); - it was the setting for expression of dissent to conscription in the World War One era plus other events such as bitter conflict among the City’s youth ( Criterion A4); - its upper facade shows great architectural invention, using the Romanesque revival (Criterion F1); and - it is a prominent landmark within the Yarraville railway precinct, relating closely with much of the adjacent significant architecture, but identifiable as a public auditorium among the commercial and transport structures nearby which make up the precinct

The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values.

Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are: A.3 richness and diversity of cultural features A.4 demonstrates well the course and pattern of history, important historic events G.1 social importance to the community F.1 design or technological achievement . Heritage Study/Consultant Maribyrnong - Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2000 -

Contributed by Greg Lynch -