Bijou / Theatre Royal, Boulder
| Name | Bijou / Theatre Royal, Boulder |
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| Address | Lane Street, Boulder, Western Australia 6432 |
| Operation Dates | - |
| Capacity | |
| Suburban/Country | Country |
| Purpose | Travelling picture show |
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"The Bijou theatre opened in 1902, as a live venue, though films were sometimes shown there, for instance ´Olympia, the Passing Show' in November 1906. The building was renamed the Theatre Royal in 1908, and in 1910 Jno. Shea bought the property. Electra Pictures operated there in the winters of 1910 and 1911, moving on to the Palace Gardens in Burt St for the summer season. Lyric Pictures operated at the Theatre Royal occasionally (e.g. in June 1915, May 1917, and again in 1918 - possibly when the Mechanics Institute was not available) and the premises may have been used irregularly for other film shows. The building (which may have been the one John Morris refers to as attached to the Broken Hill Hotel, south of Boulder) was blown down in a cyclone." (Bertrand 2001) References |
| Event Date | Name of Venue | Address | Latitude / Longitude |
Capacity | Suburban | Purpose | Screens |
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| 1902-01-01 | Bijou |
Lane Street Boulder Western Australia 6432 |
-30.7777763 121.4887005 |
Country | Live Theatre | ||
| 1908-01-01 | Theatre Royal |
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| 1910-06-01 | Electra Pictures |
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Travelling picture show |