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Lost Theatres
| Royal
Victoria |
| Aka: |
Royal Pavilion Saloon, Pavilion, Theatre Royal, Canterbury Hall |
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| Address: |
283 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
12 April 1841 |
| Architect: |
unknown |
| Developer: |
James Jamieson |
| Closed: |
24 April 1845. Demolished |
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| Queen's |
| Aka: |
Queen's Theatre Royal |
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| Address: |
189 Queens Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
21 April 1845 |
| Architect: |
unknown |
| Developer: |
John Thomas Smith |
| Closed: |
c.1860, converted to a store. Demolished |
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| Royal
Princess's Theatre |
| Aka: |
Royal
Amphitheatre, Astley's Amphitheatre,
Princess |
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| Address: |
163 Spring Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
1854 |
| Architect: |
unknown |
| Developer: |
Tom Mooney |
| Closed: |
3 January 1885, demolished for the New Princess Theatre |
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| Olympic |
| Aka: |
Royal Olympic, 'Iron Pot', Argyle Rooms Dance Hall |
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| Address: |
240 Exhibition Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
30 July 1855 |
| Architect: |
C. F. Ohlfsen Bagge |
| Developer: |
George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) |
| Closed: |
c.1860, converted to a Turkish Baths. Demolished |
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| Theatre
Royal (1) |
| Aka: |
Royal |
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| Address: |
236 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
16 July 1855 |
| Developer: |
John Black |
| Architect: |
J. R. Burns |
| Closed: |
2 March 1872, destroyed by fire |
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| Royal
Haymarket |
| Aka: |
Duke of Edinburgh |
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| Address: |
131-135 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
15 September 1862 |
| Developer: |
George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) |
| Architect: |
Peter Thomas Colon (c.1830-1871) |
| Closed: |
22 September 1871, destroyed by fire |
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| Varieties |
| Aka: |
Australia Hall, Opera Comique |
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| Address: |
249 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
1866 |
| Developer: |
unknown |
| Architect: |
unknown |
| Closed: |
5 July 1870, destroyed by fire |
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| Opera
House |
| Aka: |
Prince of Wales OH, Her Majesty's OH, Alhambra |
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| Address: |
249 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
24 August 1872 |
| Developer: |
Henry Hoyt |
| Architect: |
George Raymond Johnson (1840-1898) |
| Closed: |
c1900, demolished for the New Opera House (Tivoli) |
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| Theatre
Royal (2) |
| Aka: |
Royal |
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| Address: |
236 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
6 November 1872 |
| Developer: |
George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) |
| Architect: |
George Browne |
| Closed: |
17 November 1933, demolished for a new department store 1934 |
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| Academy
of Music |
| Aka: |
Bijou (1) |
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| Address: |
217 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
6 November 1976 |
| Developer: |
Joseph Aarons |
| Architect: |
Reed & Barnes |
| Closed: |
22 April 1889, destroyed by fire |
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| Alexandra |
| Aka: |
Queen's, Her Majesty's, His Majesty's |
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| Address: |
219 Exhibition Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
1 October 1886 |
| Developer: |
Jules Jourbert |
| Architect: |
Nahum Barnet (1855-1831) |
| Closed: |
1929, destroyed by fire. Rebuilt in 1934 |
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| Bijou
(2) |
| Address: |
217 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
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| Opened: |
5 April 1890 |
| Developer: |
John Alfred Wilson |
| Architect: |
George Raymond Johnson (1840-1898) |
| Closed: |
1934, demolished |
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| Gaiety |
| Aka: |
Oxford, Roxy |
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| Address: |
217 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
5 April 1890 |
| Developer: |
John Alfred Wilson |
| Architect: |
George Raymond Johnson (1840-1898) |
| Closed: |
1934, demolished |
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| Tivoli |
| Aka: |
New Opera House |
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| Address: |
249 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
18 May 1901 |
| Developer: |
Harry Rickards (1843-1911) |
| Architect: |
William Pitt (1855-1918) |
| Closed: |
2 April1966, demolished 1967 for an office building |
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| Kings |
| Aka: |
Barclay Cinema |
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| Address: |
131 Russell Street, Melbourne |
| Opened: |
11 November 1908 |
| Developer: |
William Pitt (1855-1918) |
| Architect: |
William Pitt & others |
| Closed: |
1977, demolished for a cinema
complex |
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