The Hollywood Theatre started in 1920, established by Charles Allen. The theatre was originally 450m further north on River St, at Howard St, before relocating in 1927. Hollywood Theatre entered its hey-days in the mid-1930s with a redesigned facade of art-deco design. The theatre advertised in newspapers with brief adverts of the current feature, such … Read more
Woolitji House is a historical building in Maclean, built for the Bank of New South Wales in 1882, and later bought by the Woolitji Co-op. The front door of the building marked a demarcation line in Maclean where Aboriginal people could not go passed after 6pm. Following a referendum in 1967 that recognised Aboriginal people … Read more
Ulugundahi Island is in the Clarence River near the township of Maclean. The brown sign for Ulugundahi Island is at the northern edge of the shopping area. It was set as an Aboriginal reserve in 1904. Prior, in the 1800s, the government rounded up Aboriginal people and put them on the island. Today, it is … Read more
Ballina Manor is a boutique hotel in an Edwardian style building dating back nearly 100 years, originally built in 1924 as a girls college. As the population in Ballina approached 4,000 after World War I, building of a girls college was proposed in 1921. Officially opened in 1925, the girls college operated until 1930 when … Read more
The Earthquake Site in Meckering, Western Australia, is the ruins of a stone farmhouse that was flattened by the Meckering Earthquake in 1968. The weather was really poor so we didn’t travel all the way to the ruins, stopping at the Earthquake Fault Line. The ‘Salisbury’ homestead was built in 1904 and flattened by the … Read more
The Earthquake Fault Line is a short distance from Meckering in South Australia and on the way to the Earthquake Site. The fault line is of the Meckering Fault Line which had a major earthquake in 1968. The earthquake is the most destructive that has occurred in Australia, destroying nearly 100 buildings and felt hundreds … Read more
Australia is fortunate to have no major fault lines but the Meckering Earthquake is an example that it is not immune from experiencing seismic activity. The Meckering Earthquake occurred in 1968 on the morning of the 14th of October. It was the most destructive earthquake recorded in Australia, destroying close to 100 buildings in Meckering … Read more
The Meckering Fault Line is where Australia’s most destructive earthquake occurred in 1968. This brown sign marks where the fault crosses over the Great Eastern Highway, about 5km west from Meckering. The earthquake destroyed nearly 100 buildings and damaged the highway, cracking the road and creating a large raised section. Railways, telephone and power lines … Read more
The Round House is one of several buildings on what was called Gaol Hill. The Roundhouse is the oldest public building in Western Australia, the first permanent building opening in 1831 only 18 months after the settlement. Beneath the Round House is a tunnel that was constructed to link the Bathers Beach whaling station to … Read more
Fremantle Prison is an Australian convict era establishment, operating for around 140 years between 1852 and 1991. It started as a convict prison, first called The Establishment before being renamed to Fremantle Prison in 1867. It took over from the Round House as being the primary prison for the Perth region. The archway to the … Read more