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Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan
The Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel is a historic theatre and hotel in Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. History Draper and hotelier Edward Mulcahy M.H.A built a timber hotel called the Royal Exchange on the site of an abandoned silver and lead mine in 1882. Although it was destroyed by fire in 1884, Mulcahy assembled his own and other capital to enter into a new enterprise for the Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel on the same site. The destruction of the Royal Exchange and his personal loss of £5,000 was strong in Mulcahy's mind, so the new building was constructed of brick, the first of which were being made at that time in Zeehan by resident John Connor. Completed in 1898, the Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel cost a staggering £7,075. The building is notable for its unusual coupling of a hotel and theatre. Gaiety Theatre The theatre had a seating capacity for over 1,000 patrons with a large stage measuring . The Gaiety was used for regular touring company performances by J.C. Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Street, Zeehan
Main Street, Zeehan is the main street of the Western Tasmanian town of Zeehan. It was constructed in the late 1890s. The street was utilised by the tram service which passed along the street. Most significant heritage properties of Zeehan were located in the street, and viewable in a single vista. The West Coast Heritage Centre incorporates some of the original buildings including: * Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy * Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan, Gaiety Theatre * Zeehan Post Office * Zeehan Courthouse Its Tasmanian road number is C248. See also * Orr Street, Queenstown Notes {{reflist, 30em Zeehan Roads in Western Tasmania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkabout (magazine)
''Walkabout'' was an Australian illustrated magazine published from 1934 to 1974 (and again in 1978) combining cultural, geographic, and scientific content with travel literature. Initially a travel magazine, in its forty-year run it featured a popular mix of articles by travellers, officials, residents, journalists, naturalists, anthropologists and novelists, illustrated by Australian photojournalists. Its title derived "from the supposed 'racial characteristic of the Australian Aboriginal who is always on the move." History Ostensibly and initially a travel and geographic magazine published by the Australian National Travel Association (ANTA), ''Walkabout : Australia and the South Seas'' was named by ANTA director Charles Holmes. In its first issue of 1 Nov 1934, the editorial, signed by Charles (Chas) Lloyd Jones, chair of the board of David Jones and acting chairman of ANTA, proclaimed its aim to educate its readers thus: This first issue with its cover by internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrick Family Entertainers
The Corrick Family was a troupe of musicians and entertainers from Christchurch, New Zealand. They toured widely throughout New Zealand, Australia, India, Southeast Asia and England during the period 1898 to 1915. They advertised themselves variously as The Corricks, The Corrick Family, The Corrick Family Entertainers, and The Marvellous Corricks. Their performances included singing, dancing, handbell ringing, comic sketches and film presentations, as well as the playing of various musical instruments. Consisting of two parents and their eight children, the Corricks regularly received enthusiastic reviews from the Press. Alice was acclaimed as the star singing performer throughout their early touring years, however after her marriage and retirement in 1913, youngest sister Elsie quickly rose to become the outstanding performer. The Family Albert Corrick was born in Somerset, England. In 1862, at the age of 14, he immigrated to New Zealand with his family on the 'Mermaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books. History Early years Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia, following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. The company name originates from the misheard "lovely planet" in a song written by Matthew Moore. Lonely Planet's first book, ''Across Asia on the Cheap'', had 94 pages; it was written by the couple in their home. The original 1973 print run consisted of stapled booklets with pale blue cardboard covers. Tony returned to Asia to write ''Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip'', published in 1975. Expansion The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded to cover other countries in Asia, with the India guide book in 1981, and expanded to rest of the world later on. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of The Kelly Gang
''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The original cut of this silent film ran for more than an hour with a reel length of about , making it the longest narrative film yet seen in the world.Sally Jackson and Graham Shirley (2006), ''The Story of the Kelly Gang.'' National Film and Sound Archive, Australia Ray Edmondson and Andrew Pike (1982) ''Australia's Lost Films.'' p. 13. National Library of Australia, Canberra. It premiered at Melbourne's Athenaeum Hall on 26 December 1906 and was first shown in the United Kingdom in January 1908.Ina Bertrand and Ken Robb (1982) "The continuing saga of...The Story of the Kelly Gang." ''Cinema Papers'', No. 36, February 1982, pp. 18–22 A commercial and critical success, it is regarded as the origin point of the bushranging drama, a genre that dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odeon Theatre, Hobart
The Odeon Theatre (formerly known as The Strand Theatre) is a historic former cinema and live entertainment venue in the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. History The idea for a world-class theatre for the people of Tasmania was conceived by merchant E.J. Miller, who made his fortune on the Zeehan mineral field. Miller would have witnessed the rising popularity of the first silent films in vaudeville programming at the Gaiety Theatre and Theatre Royal in the township of Zeehan. Travelling to the United States, Miller visited every major city and studied the latest picture theatre designs to immerse himself in the emerging industry. On his return to Tasmania he engaged with Hobart architect George Stanley Crisp, who had previously designed the Art Nouveau Palace Theatre opposite the Hobart GPO on Elizabeth Street. Located on the corner of Liverpool Street and Watchorn Street, Miller's original theatre design was intended to be a replica of The Strand in New York. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, ventriloquists, strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobats, clowns, illustrated songs, jugglers, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeehan Mineral Field
Zeehan mineral field is a mining area near Zeehan in Western Tasmania, Australia. The field is frequently associated with the short lived shallow silver deposits in the field, which peaked in the 1890s and early 1900s, and had faded by the time of the first world war. The field has a complex set of orebodies and minerals, and continues to be explored to the present. It is surrounded by long term mined and well searched areas – the Dundas and North-East Dundas fields to the east, and the North and South Heemskirk fields to the west. Trams, smelters and concentrating mills were spread throughout the field over the 1890s and early 1900s.''Zeehan mining field'' pp 6 -11 section of ''The Railways and Tramways of Zeehan'' in See also * Geology of Tasmania * Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania * West Coast Tasmania Mines The mines of the West Coast of Tasmania have a rich historical heritage as well as an important mineralogical value in containing or having had found, spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efftee Studios
Efftee Studios was an early Australian film and theatre production studio, established by F.W. Thring (the name 'Efftee' deriving from his initials, 'FT' for Francis Thring) in 1930. It existed until Thring's death in 1935. Initially Efftee Films was based in Melbourne and used optical sound equipment imported from the US. History In 1931, the company produced the first commercially viable Australian made sound feature film, '' Diggers''. Over the next five years, Efftee produced nine features, over 80 shorts and several stage productions, including the Australian musicals ''Collits' Inn'' (1933) and ''The Cedar Tree'' (1934). Notable collaborators include C. J. Dennis, George Wallace and Frank Harvey. In 1934, Thring suspended Efftee's operations to pressure the government to establish a quota for Australian films, threatening to move production to London. He relocated production to Sydney to take advantage of the New South Wales Cinematograph Films (Australian Quota) Act 1935. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monash University Publishing
Monash University Publishing is a university press supported by Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). The press was originally founded in 2003 as the "Monash University ePress" before it was re-organized by Nathan Hollier in 2010 and renamed "Monash University Publishing". The press is a member of the Association of University Presses. See also * List of English-language book publishing companies * List of university presses This article lists notable university presses, arranged by country. Associations of university presses are listed afterwards. Entries on this list should be publishing houses associated with one or more academic institutions and have their own ... References External links Monash University Publishing 2010 establishments in Australia Monash University Publishing companies established in 2010 Monash University Publishing {{US-publish-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton, Victoria
Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,Clayton Postcode Australia Post located within the local government area. Clayton recorded a population of 18,988 at the 2021 census. Overview The main focus for the suburb of Clayton is the shopping strip that runs along Clayton Road. The local railway station, situated at the northern end of the shopping stri ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advocate (Tasmania)
''The Advocate'' is a local newspaper of North-West and Western Tasmania, Australia. It was formerly published under the names ''The Wellington Times'', ''The Emu Bay Times'', and ''The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times''. Its readership covers the North West Coast and West Coast of Tasmania, including towns such as Devonport, Burnie, Ulverstone, Penguin, Wynyard, Latrobe, and Smithton. the newspaper is published by Australian Community Media, located at 39-41 Alexander Street, Burnie, Tasmania. Early history On Wednesday 1 October 1890 Robert Harris and his sons, Robert and Charles published the first issue of ''The Wellington Times'', Burnie's first newspaper. It was named after the county in which Burnie and Emu Bay were located and was first published only on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With a circulation around 2000 its four broadsheet pages cost 1.5 d. The original ''Burnie Wellington Times'' office in 1890 stood on a site in Cattley Street and empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
