Black and white photograph of the interior of the 'Blockbuster' Video Store in the Mitcham Shopping Centre - 1994video stores mitcham shopping centre

The Gang Busters membership was children's sub-membership for Blockbuster Video. Blockbuster Video Eltham was originally situated on the present-day site of Grill'd on Main Road Eltham at intersection of Luck Street. Also the former site of the Liquorland store on former railway land. The site was previously used as an unsealed car park for the Eltham Railway Station. In 1996 Wayne Phillips MLA announced that Caldeed P/L was the preferred developer of the land at Eltham Station for a proposed commercial development and commuter car parking (The Advertiser, April 16, 1996). Blockbuster Eltham was established on this site around 1996-1997. Following the company's 2010 bankruptcy and subsequent nationwide store liquidations, most Victorian Blockbuster locations were shuttered between March and May 2011 after ownership changes, with the Eltham storefront closing Friday April 13, 2012. The last Australian store closed in 2019 in Morley, Western Australia. The shop was then converted to a Liquorland store. The site was sold 25 August 2015 with a ten year lease in place to Liquorland. A new lease was signed 4 March 2022 and the store converted to a Grill'd Hamburger restaurant, opening its doors September 8, 2022. Sold 25 August 2015 by Fitzroys of Melbourne with a ten year lease to Liquourland Sold Shop. (2026, April 6). Retrieved from https://www.realcommercial.com.au/sold/property-981-main-road-eltham-vic-3095-501635169blockbuster eltham, blockbuster video, membership card, peter & elizabeth pidgeon collection

Blockbuster Video Eltham was originally situated on the present-day site of Grill'd on Main Road Eltham at intersection of Luck Street. Also the former site of the Liquorland store on former railway land. The site was previously used as an unsealed car park for the Eltham Railway Station. In 1996 Wayne Phillips MLA announced that Caldeed P/L was the preferred developer of the land at Eltham Station for a proposed commercial development and commuter car parking (The Advertiser, April 16, 1996). Blockbuster Eltham was established on this site around 1996-1997. Following the company's 2010 bankruptcy and subsequent nationwide store liquidations, most Victorian Blockbuster locations were shuttered between March and May 2011 after ownership changes, with the Eltham storefront closing Friday April 13, 2012. The last Australian store closed in 2019 in Morley, Western Australia. The shop was then converted to a Liquorland store. The site was sold 25 August 2015 with a ten year lease in place to Liquorland. A new lease was signed 4 March 2022 and the store converted to a Grill'd Hamburger restaurant, opening its doors September 8, 2022. Sold 25 August 2015 by Fitzroys of Melbourne with a ten year lease to Liquourland Sold Shop. (2026, April 6). Retrieved from https://www.realcommercial.com.au/sold/property-981-main-road-eltham-vic-3095-501635169blockbuster eltham, blockbuster video, membership card, peter & elizabeth pidgeon collection

Shows the former Blockbuster Video store on left which later became a Liquorland and presently Grill'dblockbuster, luck street, main road eltham, fay bridge collection

Viewed from intersection of Main Road and Luck Street overlooking Liquorland (previously Blockbuster Video and now Grill'd Eltham)fay bridge collection, 2016-07-22, blockbuster, eltham, grill'd, liquorland, luck street, main road, sunset

Looking south along Main Road Eltham at intersection of Diamond Street and Cecil Street. On the right can be seen the Liquorland store on former railway land which was previoulsy the Blockbuster video store until Blockbuster went bust. The site was previously used as an unsealed car park for the Eltham Railway Station. In 1996 Wayne Phillips MLA announced that Caldeed P/L was the preferred developer of the land at Eltham Station for a proposed commercial development and commuter car parking (The Advertiser, April 16, 1996). Blockbuster Eltham was established on this site around 1996-1997. Following the company's 2010 bankruptcy and subsequent nationwide store liquidations, most Victorian Blockbuster locations were shuttered between March and May 2011 after ownership changes, with the Eltham storefront closing Friday April 13, 2012. The last Australian store closed in 2019 in Morley, Western Australia. The shop was then converted to a Liquorland store. The site was sold 25 August 2015 with a ten year lease in place to Liquorland. A new lease was signed 4 March 2022 and the store converted to a Grill'd Hamburger restaurant, opening its doors September 8, 2022. Sold 25 August 2015 by Fitzroys of Melbourne with a ten year lease to Liquourland Sold Shop. (2026, April 6). Retrieved from https://www.realcommercial.com.au/sold/property-981-main-road-eltham-vic-3095-501635169jim connor collection, blockbuster, diamond street, liquorland, main road eltham

Looking west from Luck Street across Main Road Eltham at the Liquorland store on former railway land which was previoulsy the Blockbuster video store until Blockbuster went bust. The site was previously used as an unsealed car park for the Eltham Railway Station. In 1996 Wayne Phillips MLA announced that Caldeed P/L was the preferred developer of the land at Eltham Station for a proposed commercial development and commuter car parking (The Advertiser, April 16, 1996). Blockbuster Eltham was established on this site around 1996-1997. Following the company's 2010 bankruptcy and subsequent nationwide store liquidations, most Victorian Blockbuster locations were shuttered between March and May 2011 after ownership changes, with the Eltham storefront closing Friday April 13, 2012. The last Australian store closed in 2019 in Morley, Western Australia. The shop was then converted to a Liquorland store. The site was sold 25 August 2015 with a ten year lease in place to Liquorland. A new lease was signed 4 March 2022 and the store converted to a Grill'd Hamburger restaurant, opening its doors September 8, 2022. Sold 25 August 2015 by Fitzroys of Melbourne with a ten year lease to Liquourland Sold Shop. (2026, April 6). Retrieved from https://www.realcommercial.com.au/sold/property-981-main-road-eltham-vic-3095-501635169jim connor collection, blockbuster, liquorland, main road eltham, luck street

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1990, were published as part of the newspaper’s ongoing column profiling local traders across the district. Video shops emerged in the mid‑1970s and became a defining part of home entertainment through the 1980s and 1990s. They rose alongside the spread of home video technology (Betamax, VHS, and later DVD), peaked with chains like Majestic Video & Blockbuster, but they declined rapidly with the arrival of streaming.The Sunshine Advocate’s feature on local traders was a modest yet well‑liked column that played a meaningful role in strengthening community identity. Through these regular profiles, the newspaper promoted local businesses and helped shape Sunshine’s understanding of its developing commercial district.7374.01 - Majestic Video East Esplanade St. Albans 1990 Photographs (Advocate 90.1).JPG 7374.02 - Majestic Video East Esplanade St. Albans 1990 Photographs (Advocate 90.1).JPGmajestic video, east esplanade, st. albans