SPECIAL THANKS TO...
Professor Lisa French
Associate Professor Adrian Danks
Dr Stephen Gaunson
Donald Binks
Pauline Campbell
Friends of the Melbourne Capitol Theatre facebook group
AFI research collection
& Sophie Langley
REFERENCES
Tiley D (18 May 2018) ‘Fought over for 55 years, one of Australia’s great cinemas is about to be saved’, ScreenHub, accessed 29 May 2023. https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/fought-over-for-55-years-one-of-australias-great-cinemas-is-about-to-be-saved-255716-1425107/
RMIT News (03 June 2019) ‘The Capitol reclaims its place as a Melbourne cultural icon’, RMIT News, accessed 29 May 2023. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/jun/the-capitol-relaunched#:~:text=Following%20a%20multi%2Dmillion%2Ddollar,for%20culture%2C%20education%20and%20innovation.
Quinn K (3 June 2019) ‘$20 million refit makes Capitol place of education by day, culture by night’, The Age, accessed 29 May 2023. https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/20-million-refit-makes-capitol-place-of-education-by-day-culture-by-night-20190603-p51u1v.html
French L (December 2017) ‘Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre: “The Best Cinema That Has Ever Been Built or Is Ever Likely to Be Built’, sensesofcinema, accessed 29 May 2023.
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/screening-melbourne/melbournes-capitol-theatre/
Poole M (24 November 2017) ‘Burley Griffins back with refurb of classic modernist cinema’, ScreenHub, accessed 29 May 2023. https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/burley-griffins-back-with-refurb-of-classic-modernist-cinema-254837-1424603/
Pictures and archival materials from AFI Research Collection
https://afiresearch.rmit.edu.au
Pictures and archival materials from Trove
Pictures from Six Degrees
https://www.sixdegrees.com.au/projects/capitol-rmit-theatre/
Pictures from The Age
Pictures from ArchitectureAU
Pictures from Friends of the Melbourne Capitol Theatre (Victoria, Australia)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334145166629870/
Information regarding the Introduction of Broadcast TV in Australia
https://televisionau.com/timeline/1950-1959
Footage from Television’s Introduction in Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stgyyXBHEA4
Chronological Information of Australian Film and Television
https://aso.gov.au/chronology/
Biographical Information on Walter Burley-Griffin
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/griffin-walter-burley-443
Historical Footage of Melbourne City
https://www.youtube.com/@NFSAFilms/videos
Exterior image of the Capitol Theatre
https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/things-to-do/the-capitol
Exterior image of RMIT University
https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/university/rmit-university/