The Kew Recreation Hall (1880-1960 was a major venue for civic events, exhibitions, theatre, concerts and in this case a commercial fashion parade.Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc., during this period. Programme for an exclusive Autumn showing by Casualaire, 1353 Burke Road, East Kew, compered by Gwynne Harrisonfashion - kew, casualaire, gwynne harrison, valerie jacobson, lyle sampson, joan heathfield, mary rose campbell, marie johnson, arthur dear collection, kew recreation hall -- wellington street -- kew (vic.)

The Victory Medal was issued to Servicemen who entered any theatre of war between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918.Circular Medal. (no ribbon.)Obverse depicts the winged figure of Victory. Reverse shows a circle of laurel leaves surrounding the inscription " The Great War for Civilisation 1914 - 1919." Service # 727.Dvr. A. Griffiths 7L.H.R (Light Horse Regiment) A.I.F. on edge of medal. Trooper Angus Griffiths was hospitalised with gunshot wounds to his left arm and left thigh in an Egyptian hospital.

Drawing on handmade paper of Z3 class tram 182 in Chapel St Windsor with the Astor Theatre in the background. No details as to the artist on the print.Demonstrates a drawing of a Z3 class tram with the famous Astor Theatre Windsor in the background.Framed print, wood, cardboard frame with light acrylic panel. Print made on hand made paper.drawings, tramcars, chapel st, windsor, tram 182, z3 class

Used in European Theatre on WW I by German soldiers - collected by Charles Honybun during his WW I service in France.Rectangular, brass-coloured belt buckles with central medallion of crown surrounded by inscription and leaves. (.2 with portion of leather belt attached).1. GOTT MIT UNS (NA4962.2) 2. IN TREUE FEST (NA4962.1)world war i, mitcham rsl, charles henry honybun

Yiannoudes Family Film Memorabilia It is normally a time consuming and difficult task to accurately assess a collection’s significance to the primary criteria, however in the case of the “Yiannoudes Family Film Memorabilia” we have no hesitation of its high significance about its historic, social, rarity, interpretive, cultural and provenance to Australia, including the country side where most of this collection memorabilia visited. From January 1959 and until 1982, “Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures”, owned by Mr Peter Yannoudes (Παναγιώτης Γιαννούδης) and Mr Stathis Raftopoulos (Στάθης Ραφτόπουλος) travelled around Australia to entertain the Greek, Turkish, Indian and Yugoslav speaking population of Australia and provide a significant cinema culture. They travelled as far as Perth in WA, Adelaide in SA, Tasmania, Darwin in Nt, Canberra in ACT and Sydney and NSW. However they found themselves also in places like Berri and Renmark in NSW, where concentrations of migrants lived and thrived during the period. Initially they were travelling by train, carrying all their equipment by hand and placing them in boxes and suitcases. However after 1962 when they acquired their first automobile, travelling became less of a burden, nevertheless cumbersome and laborious. They carried with them initially two portable projectors (second one as a backup) and at times travelled with a third in order to ensure that technology will not be letting them down at the time of film projection. At times the films were projected onto a white sheet of cloth because there was no proper screen to project it on at the venue they were using. Mr P. Yiannoudes has also published a book in October 2010, titled “Greek Cinema Across Australia – Behind the Scenes”. The book was published in two languages, English and in Greek. Details about the launch can be found on the Diasporic Literature Spot website at this address (in the Greek language) http://diasporic.org/ellinika/biblia/greek-films-in-australia/. His book is devoted to those with whom he co-operated in order to bring for the first time Greek language films into Australia. Their names are: Stathis Raftopoulos, Andreas Papadopoulos, Andreas Katopodis, Theodoros Kanellopoulos, Michael Ioannou, Fotis Hatzipavlides, Kostas Vrahnas, Evaggelos Terpenos, Dionysis Lourantos, Dimitris Georgiou, Vasilis Florias and Jim Gragie. All businessmen with the right entrepreneurial spirit to be the first and to make their mark in the making of cultural Australia. Mr P. Yiannoudes a Cypriot by descent born in the town of Vouni, a village in the area of Lemesos. In Lemesos he learned the first few things about cinema which would help him in all his later life. He migrated to Australia in 1956 has been a prominent member of the Greek & Cypriot Communities in Melbourne for many decades. He has been President of the Cypriot Community, President of Federation of Cypriot Communities in Australia (for 18 years), President of SEKA (for 26 years) and highly regarded member of the Greek-Cypriots Diaspora since he also has been Vice-President of the Global Federation of Cypriots of Diaspora for 18 years. Mr P. Yiannoudes is now working on creating a small museum of these pieces in the back of the Westgarth Theatre with the help of the Plutarch Project and …. In this collection numbering hundreds of items, we will try and capture some of the glory that was the Greek film industry in Australia for 23 years between 1959 and 1982. “Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures” also owned a large number of cinemas in Melbourne, the National Theatre in Richmond, the Westgarth Theatre in Northcote (which is still owned by the Yiannoudes family today), Sun Theatre in Yarraville, Kinema in Albert Park, Empire Theatre in Brunswick, Paramount Theatre in Oakleigh, Globe Theatre in Richmond, Galaxy Theatre in Brunswick and the Cosmopolitan Theatre in Brusnwick. At the same time they were hiring other theatres for film projections. They were the Astor Theatre in St. Kilda, Victoria Theatre in Richmond, Sunshine Theatre in Sunshine. Apart from Melbourne they were using the Pantheon Theatre in Adelaide, the Norwood Town Hall in Adelaide, the Shepparton Town Hall in Shepparton, the Premier Theatre in Perth, the Rivoli Theatre in Berri and the Renmark Theatre in Renmark. The number of films shown around Australia were over 1500 in total whilst about 1218 of them were in the Greek language. Other languages shown were in Turkish (about 150 films), Yugoslavian (about 100 films), English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch language films. “Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures” was the first company to bring Swedish and Dutch films to Australia. They also showed Martial Arts films for the first time in Australia in 1975 at the Galaxy Theatre in Melbourne. However one of the most significant pieces that tell the story with places and dates is the Show Logbook. The Show Logbook has a large number of stories to tell. It is still intact and in fair condition after all these years of travelling around Australia. It is categorised with an alphabetic index on the right by film title. Greek, Indian, Turkish and Yugoslav language film titles adorn its pages alongside the place where they were first shown, the towns and cities they visited and the dates for each one. It is an extremely significant part of history of the settlement of migrants in Australia. This Log Book is of Primary Significance to the "Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures" and the Yiannoudes family film memorabilia collection. It has a Historic, Social, Provenance and Rarity significance for the settlement of migrants in Australia and the entertainment industry.This is the Log Book, manually updated and used by "Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures" for films shown in different parts of AustraliaCollins Stock Records Booklogbook, films, shown, cultural, language, greek, australia, γιαννούδης, κατάσταση, yiannoudes

These children are the Rice family. In 1925 Walter Rice built a general store in Marlo and in 1930 built the "Ozone Picture Theatre" also in Marlo.This item is associated with a popular activity of the Orbost community in the first half of the 20th century. Pumpkins have been been part of the district's agricultural history since settlement. It is associated with Walter Rice a prominent citizen of Marlo in the early 20th century.A black / white photograph of a group of six children sitting in a pumpkin in water. there is a flag on each side and "HMAS VICTOR" on the side of the pumpkin.pumkins-orbost warren-helena rice-walter

Special Invitation issued to various parties for a Presentation Parade on 7th Dec 1976 which is 35th Anniversary of start of Pacific Theatre of WW2.White card with gold coloured RACT emblem and Invitation writing in blue.Emblem of RACT on front with invite from 15th Tpt Coy Commanding Officer to attend Presentation Parade at Stawell Training Depot at 8 pm on Tues Dec 7, 1976.passchendaele barracks trust collection., invitation

.1) Ticket into the “Palace Theatre on a Wednesday. .2) rail ticket from “Spencer street to McLeod”. Alan Mason collection, refer 3979.2.1) Ticket, off white paper, print in black, stamped in purple,, hand written in blue pencil, ticket No 4172. .2) Ticket, Railway, card, reddish colour, 2nd class, all print in black & red, ticket No 02236, stamped on rear.>1) purple stamped, “9 Dec 1944”, in blue, “W 14”.tickets, rail, theatre

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 11 April - 8 May 1957. Includes advertising by local businesses.Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately cream and green and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 14 March - 10 April 1957. Includes advertising by local businesses.Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately cream and green and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 14 February - 13 March 1957. Includes advertising by local businesses.Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately cream and green and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 29 March - 24 April 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately on one side cream and orange, and the other side cream and green, and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 5 August - 1 September 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 7 October - 3 November 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 4 November - 1 December 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 6 January - 2 February 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 31 March - 26 April 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 28 April - 25 May 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 23 June - 20 July 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 18 August - 14 September 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 15 September - 12 October 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 13 October - 9 November 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 11 May - 6 June 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood

This project is assisted by the Australian Council ,the Federal government's Arts Funding advisory body and has been generously supported by the playbox theatre company Black and white pamphletwoman thy name is, athenaeum theatre two, program, programme, maggie millar, maud clark, june jago, kerry o'reilly

The 2020 season was cancelled after the first show, Gaslight because of the COVID-19 pandemic social isolation directives that closed all theatres.2020, heidelberg theatre company inc, general memorabilia, coronavirus pandemic covid-19, season cancelled after first show because of the pandemic lockdown, gaslight, kadey mcintosh, wendy drowley, david willey, the late jean willey, the late bronwyn parker, toni tyers, cheryl threadgold, htc president john gilbert