National Hall
100 Federal Street,
Narrogin,
WA
6312
100 Federal Street,
Narrogin,
WA
6312
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The National Hall was opened in 1906 by Nicholas Bushalla on the north side of the Duke of York Hotel to be used as a live venue, but also showed movies from September 1908. Last movies shown in the National Hall seen to be in 1916? The National Hall was demolished(date unknown?), and the site is now the car park for the Duke of York Hotel.
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Then no films were advertised for several years (from the end of 1918 to the middle of 1923), which means either that none were being screened, or that there was only one exhibitor and local people were so familiar with the cinema routine that no advertising was necessary.After the Amusu opened in 1923, competition between the Amusu and the Town Hall was sometimes fierce, but both venues managed to remain in business for the twenties and early thirties, both under the same management from at least December 1929. Then Frank Buxton bought both leases and from August 1930 closed the screenings at the Town Hall. In 1952/3, Goldfields Pictures moved from the Amusu to the Town Hall, intending to upgrade the facilities there, but when this proved impossible they bought out Smith and Jeffries who had taken over from them at the Amusu and returned to the Amusu.The building is still in use as a municipal facility, housing the hall and offices and an art gallery.