Drive-in Cinema

Author

City of Busselton

Place Number

18159

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Location

500 Bussell Hwy Busselton

Location Details

Local Government

Busselton

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	13 Aug 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Aug 2014	Category 3	Category 3 These places are of interest with built features, but their conservation is not considered to be essential. While retention and conservation is encouraged, significant change and even demolition is an acceptable outcome, though some recording prior to these actions is recommended.9 – Environment and Heritage Conservation Policy – City of Busselton Page 7 of 29
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Sep 2006	Category 3	Category 3 These places are of interest with built features, but their conservation is not considered to be essential. While retention and conservation is encouraged, significant change and even demolition is an acceptable outcome, though some recording prior to these actions is recommended.9 – Environment and Heritage Conservation Policy – City of Busselton Page 7 of 29

Statement of Significance

Busselton Drive-In Theatre has cultural heritage significance as a rare surviving example that grew quickly throughout Western Australia in the immediate Post World War II period and has since has almost disappeared as a class of place.

Physical Description

Drive‐In Theatre.
Set in a beautifully landscaped garden, the Drive-in Cinema is enclosed within stonewall and steel fence.

History

Nil

Integrity/Authenticity

The place retains a high degree of integrity.
The place retains a high degree of authenticity. The majority of the fabric is in its
original state, with the exception of the screen, which was originally of timber
frame construction on steel supports set into concrete blocks. The timber was
replaced in July 2002 with steel as a result of storm damage in the same month.

Condition

The place is in excellent condition, having been maintained by the same owners from its construction to the present day.

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
R.M. Neale	Architect	-	-
Ron & Valmae Jones	Architect	-	-

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Informant: Ron Jones Busselton	09/1997
Allan Jones	Reminiscences of a Travelling Picture Showman, Busselton	1974
Allan Jones		1978
	Interview (Ina Bertrand & Irma Whitford)
Heritage Council of Western Australia	Register of Heritage Places (Draft Only)
	Film Weekly Directory	1961/2-1971
	Public Health Department, building permit, Battye 14592
Film Weekly p.7		5/01/1961
Max Bell	Perth, a cinema history
Lews, Sussex pp.132	The Book Guild Ltd	1986

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
524855	Landgate Pin
172	Reference No.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Theatre or Cinema
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Theatre or Cinema

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

05 Sep 2007

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Approved

Last Update

30 Jul 2019

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