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Gladys Moncrieff's
mantilla donated |
24/07/2008
The 80 year old mantilla worn by Gladys Moncrieff in "Rio Rita"
donated to the Society
click here for more details |
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Photo and information
received about The Minstrels |
18/06/2008
Information added to this website about the life of Stan Newman
OAM.
click here to view |
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Photo and information
received about The Minstrels |
25/04/2008
Mr Graham Husband of Warwick, Qld has kindly made available
copies of a photo and obituary about his grandfather Dick Husband
who was one of the founders of The Minstrels.
Click here to view |
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Photos received from
The Cultural Centre & Townsville Guitar Orchestra |
25/04/2008
The Cultural Centre and the Townsville Guitar Orchestra have kindly made a donation of various
photos which have now been added to the website.
Click here to view The Cultural Centre
Click here to view T'ville Guitar Orchestra |
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Information received on
Sunrise Productions in Townsville |
26/10/2007
Nanette Hooker has kindly made a donation of various programmes
etc she has collected. There are two very interesting programmes
from Sunrise Production shows/pantomimes and from these we
have put together a very brief history of Sunrise Productions and
added some photos.
Click here to view. |
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WW2 Famous
Entertainers in Townsville |
16/09/2007
More Exciting News. Peter Dunn has kindly given permission for
pictures and information from his "Australians@War" website to be
used on the PAHST website. Information and pictures about famous
entertainers that came to Townsville in WW2 at the US camp's Helton
Hall near Mount Louisa and other places in the area. |
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WW2 Entertainment at
Wintergarden Theatre added |
16/09/2007
Exciting News. The Australian War Memorial has kindly given
their permission for the low resolution pictures from the AWM
website to be used on the PAHST website. Information and pictures
about entertainment that happened in World War 2 in Townsville
especially at the Wintergarden Theatre. |
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Townsville
Civic Theatre Info added |
28/08/2007
Information about the Townsville Civic Theatre at its opening in
1978 has now been added. It has been compiled from information from
the book "Civic Theatre" by John Raggatt. It includes some pictures
and we hope to add more soon. |
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4ttt Palmer St
Jazz Festival Info added |
15/05/2007
Information about the history of the 4ttt Palmer St Jazz
Festival has now been added thanks to the jazz festival committee
and in particular Neal Sellars. Pictures from the event will be
added shortly. |
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PAHST website re-designed |
15/05/2007
The PAHST website has had a makeover and hopefully this will
make it easier to navigate around the site as we add more & more
information |
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Paul Neilson donates his
collection |
12/03/2007
Paul Neilson of 'Cranky Pants' fame has kindly donated a
scanned copy of his collection electronically to the Society. This
means that Paul's collection gathered over the years he has been
involved with music, theatre, and school productions will be added
to the collection and some placed on the this web site. Thanks Paul. |
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Wattle 'n' Gum Bush Band info
added |
30/12/2006
With thanks to the organizers of Wattle 'n Gum Bush Band, we have
now included pages of their history, memberships (past & Present) and
the bands very impressive gig list to 2003 |
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More information added to
the website |
26/02/2006
Since the last major update, the Society has collected and
scanned a lot more material on the performing arts history of the area.
A new Donations page has been added to acknowledge those individuals and
groups that have donated information. We have added a links page so that
you can jump straight to the group's own website to find out the latest
information from that group. |
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Congratulations to the
Townsville Choral Society |
26/02/2006
Congratulations to the Townsville Choral & Orchestral Society's
Centenary year. By kind permission from the Society we have placed some
snippets of interest on this site about the Choral Society's long
history (1906 - 2006). Hopefully we can add a lot more from our files
later. |
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Performing Arts Historical
Society Townsville launched |
11/03/2005
The Society is officially launched by official letters to
various performing arts groups in the area, to the local Councils and
through the Society's own website |
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Gordon
Hodgson interviewed on ABC 4QN radio |
10/03/2005
Gordon Hodgson was interviewed on the morning show on ABC's 4QN
about the Collection and the launch of the Society |
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Secretary in Performing Arts
interview on 4TTT radio |
10/03/2005
The Society's Secretary Ellen Read was interviewed on 4TTT radio by
Anne Brook-Wagner. Anne asked Ellen about her involvement with the
Performing Arts in Townsville and during the program Ellen mentioned the
formation and launch of the Society. |
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Founding Members have photo
taken |
09/03/2005
The Society's Founding members met to have a photo taken which
will accompany a newspaper article announcing the launch of the Society
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Performing Arts
Historical Society Townsville formed |
02/12/2004
A group of enthusiastic people met with the idea of forming a performing
arts historical society for the local Townsville & Thuringowa area
For more details please go to the About Us page |
