CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project

Athenaeum Hall, Doncaster

Venue Summary
Name	Athenaeum Hall, Doncaster
Address	790 Doncaster Road, Doncaster, Victoria 3108
Operation Dates	1921-01-01 - 1960-01-01
Capacity	240
Suburban/Country	Suburb
Purpose	Hall
Screens	1
Roles	1921-01-01 - 1952-01-01 : Exhibitor : Toll, Ron 1953-01-01 - 1960-01-01 : Exhibitor : Creaser, H.

Venue Comments
"The Athenaeum Hall still stand in Doncaster Road although much modernized and serving a wide range of community uses. It had apparently ceased life as a venue for regular film screenings by the end of the 1950s. The Athenaeum seated about 250 people. The biobox was constructed above the original entrance in Doncaster Road (now closed off) and was accessed internally by the projectionists." (Seccombe, p. 6) Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity: 1946/47-1948/49 = 250 1949/50-1953/54 = 200 1954/5-1955/6 = 250 1956/7-1958/9 = 200 1959/60 = 240 References Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, Cinema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria. Film Weekly. Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1946/7-1959/60 Seccombe, R. 1999 'Out in the sticks: early cinema in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs' CinemaRecord no. 24, pp. 4-10

Venue Events
Event Date	Name of Venue	Address	Latitude / Longitude	Capacity	Suburban	Purpose	Screens
1921-01-01	Athenaeum Hall, Doncaster	790 Doncaster Road Doncaster Victoria 3108	-37.7864444 145.1385957	250	Suburb	Hall	1
1950-01-01				200
1955-01-01				250
1957-01-01				200
1960-01-01				240