Walcha history: A Walcha "talkie" success story

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Updated April 17 2019 - 11:02am, first published April 15 2019 - 12:55pm
Picture of the past and present: The Walcha Theatre in Fitzroy Street as it is today.
Picture of the past and present: The Walcha Theatre in Fitzroy Street as it is today.

It was announced in January 1927 that plans were being prepared for a "new modern theatre for Walcha" but it was not until January 1928 that Frank Townshend, who founded the Walcha Witness newspaper in 1889, applied to council for permission to commence construction, which was given a few weeks later.

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Marie Low

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