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The Cygnet Theatre was not the first cinema in the South Perth area. It was preceded by the picture shows held twice weekly at the Swan Street Hall (1922), the Gaiety Picture Theatre on the corner of Coode and Angelo Streets (1926) and the Hurlingham Picture Theatre on Canning Highway (1933).
This page is a list of historically significant Art Deco and Moderne buildings in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area. Commercial buildings Name Address Date Architect Image Art Deco Shop (Persian Carpet Gallery) 102 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands 1938 W G Leighton Atlas Building 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth 1931 F. G. B. Hawkins Bank of NSW 899 Hay St, Perth 1935 Clock Tower Building & Moon ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The State Register of Heritage Places is maintained by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. As of 2024, 189 places are heritage-listed in the City of South Perth, of which 20 are on the State Register of Heritage Places. List [edit] The Western ...
In their early decades the company operated a number of cinemas in Perth, including the Grand Theatre, the Theatre Royal, and the Princess Theatre in Fremantle. They also constructed the Piccadilly Theatre, [4] and the heritage-listed Cygnet Cinema in Como, [5] opening both in 1938.
The cinema shared a bio-box with the picture gardens, similar to the Cygnet Cinema in South Perth. This was a world first design for architect, William T. Leighton , who developed the concept of a projecting wing to the main bio-box which when coupled with a trolley rail system enabled the movie projectors to be quickly rolled from the internal ...
In the late 1930s Leighton secured a reputation as a leading cinema designer for his work on several Perth cinemas, including the Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade, the Windsor Theatre in Nedlands, and the Cygnet Cinema in South Perth. He was also behind the refurbishment of the Royal Theatre and Grand Theatre.
The Piccadilly Theatre, was one of a number of theatres and cinemas constructed in Perth and its suburbs during the Inter-war period. Originally constructed in the Inter-war Functionalist style, the Piccadilly represented the desire for enjoyment and entertainment displayed by Western Australians towards the end of the Depression. [1]
Several of Perth's more substantial citizens saw South Perth as a peaceful and tranquil suburb, and by the end of the 1890s, the population was about 400, with many elegant homes. The Zoological Gardens and the Royal Perth Golf Club were opened in 1898, and the area became popular with tourists from the town of Perth across the river.