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St Kilda foreshore ca. 1862. Sketch by Wilbraham Liardet (1799- 1878). Source SLV image H13197. Going Around in Circles. The history of the St Kilda Triangle site & its lost structures 1862-2007. View from Alfred Square ca. 1864.
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St Kilda foreshore ca. 1862 Sketch by Wilbraham Liardet (1799-1878) Source SLV image H13197
Going Around in Circles The history of the St Kilda Triangle site & its lost structures 1862-2007
View from Alfred Square ca. 1864 photograph of water colour by unknown artist, SLV image H34268
View from Granny’s hut, ca. 1862 John Butler Cooper, History of St Kilda vol.2, p.158
Plan of Separation Day military exercises, 1 July 1862, SLV Maps Military Map 1862
Military Map close up Detail of Military Exercises plan
View looking south ca. 1900 Charles Rudd 1849-1901 photographer.Source SLV image H34988
Source: John Butler Cooper, History of St Kilda vol.2, p.204 1906 First meeting of St Kilda Shore Committee
1909 Foreshore Plan Supplement to Prahran Telegraph 29 January 1910. Source SLV Maps
Robson’s Figure Eight Coaster opens 26 January 1907 Source SLV image H84.233/194
1908 - Amusements Source: SKHS collection
View of Weniger’s Steam Riding Gallery ca. 1912 Source: St Kilda By the Sea 1913 p.113
Joy Wheel, Aeroplane View of the Joy Wheel, Aeroplane and Wizzy Whirl ca. 1925 Source: Port Phillip Collection, image sk0978
Film Clip ca. 1915 Source NFSA.gov.au
1914 ca. • SLV Picture Collection image H92.150/784
Palais de Danse opens 20 September 1913 Peter Fogarty, Screening of St Kilda, Chapter 2 1913
Film clip ca.1914 Source NFSA.gov.au
Wounded Soldier’s Lounge Opened by the Govenor-General Lord Forster 29 July 1916 Source: John Butler Cooper, History of St Kilda vol.2, p.242
Palais Pictures (1920) Source: SLV image H32492/4932 New building seating 3,800 persons designed by Nahum Barnet (1855-1931)
Palais Pictures (1920) Source Simon Brand, Pictures Palaces and Flea-Pits, pp.30-31
Palais de Danse II (1920) Designed by architect Nahum Barnet (1855-1931) Source SLV image H94.149/1
Palais de Danse II - Barnet Interior • designed by architect Nahum Barnet (1855-1931) • altered by Walter Burley Griffin (1876 -1937) in 1924 • destroyed by fire 27 December 1968
Palais de Danse II - Barnet Interior View of Dance floor ca. 1923 (Barnet interior)
Palais Pictures – Griffin alterations 1926 Source Eric Nichols Collection, NLA Pictures Collection
Palais PicturesGriffin alterations 1926 View of back aisle
Fire destroys Palais Pictures, 10 February 1926 Private Collection Fire destroys Palais Pictures 10 February 1926
1927 Palais Pictures II opens 11 November 1927 Poster, Private Collection
Miniature Railwayca.1925 - 1960 Right: St Kilda the Beautiful, p.17 Aerial photo ca 1956 by Charles Daniel Pratt (1892-1968), SLV image H2008.32/52
Miniature Railway ca. 1930 Photo by Allan C. Green 1878-1954, SLV image H91.325/1971
The Swirl (1927) St Kilda the Beautiful, p.20
1932 ca. aerial view Aerial view ca. 1930, SLV image H91.160/361
Scoota Boats (1934) View of Scoota Boats building [RHS] looking west ca. 1946 - SLV image b30360
Scoota Boats building (1934) View of Scoota Boats building looking south ca. 1950 - SLV image b30360
Stardust Lounge (1962) View in ca. 1963, Source SLV image
Another fire Image by Jason Mervyn Barnett, commons.wikimedia.org Palais De Danse & Stardust Lounge destroyed by fire on 27 December 1968
1972 Palais de Danse III • New building opens 26 October 1972 • ca 1986 named changed to The Palace Entertainment Centre
Palais de Danse III fire Fire strikes again! Photo by Peter Johnson Fire destroys The Palace 11 July 2007
THE END City of Port Phillip Collection image sk0368c Or is it?