Melbourne’s original State Theatre was built in 1929 to seat 3371 patrons and is situated on Flinders Street. It was conceived as an atmospheric auditorium a novelty in Melbourne at the time. Another notable feature was the dual-console Wurlitzer organ the first to be built west of Chicago and since relocated to the Moorabbin Town Hall in 1967.
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