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Former Westgarth Theatre

Former Name Valhalla, Now Palace Theatre

89 High Street,, NORTHCOTE VIC 3070 - Property No B6619

The former Westgarth Theatre, erected in 1921 for the Westgarth Theatre Pty. Ltd., is of local significance as an early and essentially intact example of a cinema building constructed in a decade of unprecedented growth in the motion picture industry. The oldest operating purpose-built cinema in Melbourne, the former Westgarth Theatre is historically significant for its association with a major form of popular entertainment in the twentieth century. As a Greek-language cinema ... more

B6619

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