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Another look at ANDAMOOKA - SA

In the last edition of RD, there was a
one page article regarding the pair of
35 mm projectors sitting in the open at
the opal mining town of Andamooka in
South Australia.
Firstly, my apologies to Jean-Claude
Rowland for failing to attribute the
contribution to him.

In the article I commented “It is inter-
esting to speculate about these ma- show that there were in fact three
chines. The CATHS cinema database cinema venues in Andamooka over
(www.caths.org.au) does not record a time.
venue, either indoor or outdoor at
Andamooka. “ The Purple Pixie was established in
Dick Clarke in the late 1940s, as well,
How wrong can you be! Jean-Claude movies were screened at the Anda-
has followed up on the trail of these mooka Community Hall until its de-
machines and contacted the State struction by fire in 1975. There was
Library of South Australia. also a Drive-in theatre that operated
for a time.
He has sent me copies of the material
they sent to him. The photo copies Below: The Andamooka Drive-in. Date unknown

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