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Located on the corner of Brisbane Street and Earl Street, the Princess Theatre was commissioned and designed by Greek–Australian businessman Marino Lucas at a cost of £A15,000 in 1911. The Princess was designed to be used exclusively as a "picture palace" and held capacity for 1,770 patrons (700 seats in the front stalls, 500 seats in the ...
The building was designed by H. S. East [1] and Roy Sharrington Smith architects, [2] [3] of Launceston, [4] with Clive Steele, of Melbourne, as consulting engineer. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The building was built in 1936 [ 8 ] to house the various branches of Holymans shipping [ 9 ] and aviation interests as well as an automobile showroom for Holyman ...
This list of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania includes historically significant Art Deco buildings in Tasmania.. Art Deco is a loose term, that may include: . Interwar Free Classicism (Deco Free Classicism): using classical motifs largely as decoration, in a very stylised or abstracted manner, with little reference to the norms of the classical language
Launceston Municipal Tramways, a subsidiary of the Launceston City Council, began operating on three routes on 4 August 1911 from Brisbane Street in the Launceston central business district to King's Bridge (Cataract Gorge), David Street and McKenzie Street . [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1967 the centenary of Birchalls family ownership of the company was commemorated by a plaque at their Brisbane Street Store in Launceston, stating that "knowledge art and culture have been disseminated from this site since 1844." [7] Stanley Tilley began work at Birchalls in 1928, and in 1969 purchased the store. [1]
The 2016 census recorded a population of 2143 for East Launceston. 78.6% of people were born in Australia and 87.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.8%, Anglican 20.7% and Catholic 16.2%. [2] It is a suburb of Launceston.
Launceston (/ ˈ l ɒ n s ɛ s t ən / ⓘ [2] [3] [4]) is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launceston urban area has a population of 90,953. [5] Launceston is the second most populous city in Tasmania after the ...
Located in Brisbane Street, Launceston, the Independent ' s first publisher was Samuel Bailey Dowsett [2] who had previous experience as the publisher of the Cornwall press and commercial advertiser. [3] In 1831, the publisher of the Launceston Advertiser, [4] John Pascoe Fawkner, engaged in a rivalry with the Independent. Both Fawkner and ...