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Three Springs Hall and Gardens

Venue Summary
Name Three Springs Hall and Gardens
Address Railway Road, Three Springs, Western Australia 6519
Operation Dates 1940-01-01 - 9999-12-31
Capacity
Suburban/Country Country
Purpose Cinema
Screens 1
Roles
Venue Comments

The town was on Nulsen's West Touring Talkies circuit purchased by Ray Dean in 1940. Dean started an open air theatre beside the hall, in Railway Rd.

In 1947, building which had started life at Greenough as a cinema for RAAF personnel during World War 2 was transported and reassembled with a brick front. It was officially opened on 21 June 1949, by Governor Sir James Mitchell.

When Dean split his circuit into two in the fifties, Three Springs was one of the towns on the southern circuit, taken over by Vic Basham and Dave Cox, and when that partnership split up Cox continued in Three Springs on his own.

(Bertrand 2001)

References
Cinemaweb: http://www.ammpt.asn.au/CinemaWEB/SITE/view.php?rec_id=0000000047

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1912-06-20 Three Springs Hall Hall Street
Three Springs
Western Australia 6519
-29.5365176
115.7638395
Country Hall
1940-01-01 Three Springs Open Air Railway Road

-29.5361952
115.7653018
Cinema 1
1949-06-21 Hall