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Kings Hall

Venue Summary
Name Kings Hall
Address Lamont Street, Bermagui South, New South Wales 2546
Operation Dates 1912-01-24 - 1951-12-22
Capacity 367
Suburban/Country Country
Purpose Town Hall
Screens 1
Roles
Venue Comments

Kings Hall was visited by traveling picture show companies from 1912. By 1930 a permanent weekly cinema had been established which continued to operate under various managements until December 1951 when the building was destroyed by a fire which began in the bio-box.

References:
Hanson, S 2008, ‘“Electrical wonders of the present age”: cinema-going on the Far South Coast of NSW and rural discourses of modernity’, honours thesis, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong.

Parkinson, R 2010, Picture Shows on the Far South Coast of New South Wales, Robert Parkinson, Sydney.

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1912-01-24 Kings Hall Lamont Street
Bermagui South
New South Wales 2546
-36.426805
150.0729449
367 Country Town Hall 1