Sun Pictures

8 Carnarvon Street,
Broome, WA 6725

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davidcoppock on October 9, 2022 at 4:44 am

The Sun Picture gardens appeared in the Australian tv series(The Amazing Race Australia series 6(last episode)).

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davidcoppock on February 6, 2020 at 10:48 pm

Rip Kirk Douglas!! 😓

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davidcoppock on February 22, 2019 at 9:33 pm

Actor Kirk Douglas was born on the same day this picture gardens opened(9/12/1916).

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davidcoppock on June 18, 2018 at 3:54 am

No flooding anymore, since the levees were built in Broome(1980’s?).

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davidcoppock on June 16, 2018 at 6:42 am

The first sound movie shown here was “Monte Carlo”(made in 1930) in 1933. Sun Pictures may be the only picture theatre in tne World to get(tidal?) flooding outside the theatre building?

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davidcoppock on February 2, 2018 at 8:54 am

Sun Pictures appears in the last 4 pages of the childrens book “Looking for Bobby”(Kerry Anne Jordinson).

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davidcoppock on August 19, 2017 at 9:58 am

Address is 8 Carnarvon street, Broome.

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davidcoppock on July 14, 2017 at 2:45 am

There will be some Walk of fame plaques unvaled in front of the Sun Pictures building on 26/8/2017 at 4.00pm before the main celebrations from 7.30pm to midnight.

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davidcoppock on July 7, 2017 at 11:37 am

The 100th birthday celebrations will on 26/8/2017, details on the Sun Pictures website.

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davidcoppock on May 30, 2017 at 2:28 am

There will be 100th birthday celebrations sometime in July this year(exact date unknown as let?)!!

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davidcoppock on March 29, 2017 at 6:59 pm

There is an articule about Sun Pictures in todays West Australian Newspaper(Today section – pages 1 and 7).

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davidcoppock on March 21, 2017 at 12:38 am

Sun Pictures appears briefly at the begining of the film “Bran Nue Dae”! There has been a stage production of Bran Nue Dae at Sun Pictues! There may have been other theatre preformances(plays, mudicials etc) at Sun Pictures?

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davidcoppock on January 27, 2017 at 1:02 am

The other opening film was a Bachelor Brown Comic. Digital projectors were installed in 2012. Placed on the State Register of Heritage places in 1995. The store was bought in 1913 for film use by master pearler Ted Hunter.

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davidcoppock on December 8, 2016 at 8:23 am

Sun Pictures is now 100 years old(9/12/16)!! It is the first outdoor theatre in the World to turn 100 years old!! There is a free movie screening(at 6.45pm, Australian Western Standard Time) of the movie “Elf” for current and past owners and the public!! Unknown if any other celebrations are planned?

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davidcoppock on December 4, 2016 at 1:32 am

There is a book about Sun Pictures called “Reflections of The Sun” by Maria Mann released in 1991(out of print now i think?). There is also a novel set at Sun Pictures, called “Nights in the sun” by Colin Bowles.

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davidcoppock on December 1, 2016 at 7:24 pm

The official theatricial premiere of the Australian film Bran Nue Dae was held at Sun Pictures on 8/12/2009. The World premiere was held at the Melbourne International Film Festival(closing night) on 8/8/2009. The original building(general store) that is now Sun Pictures opened in 1903. Sun Pictures has it own page on Wikipedia.

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davidcoppock on April 22, 2016 at 12:00 am

Correction – the television series was called ‘Two in the top end ’ not “two men across the top end”.

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davidcoppock on July 31, 2015 at 12:25 am

The building the Sun Picture Gardens is in used to be a general store built and opened in(1909?).

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davidcoppock on July 14, 2015 at 12:34 am

The opening film was"Kissing cup".

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davidcoppock on April 30, 2015 at 11:07 pm

The Sun Picture Gardens was seen briefy in the television series Two men across the top near the end of the last episode in Broome.

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davidcoppock on April 30, 2015 at 11:03 pm

The Sun Picture Gardens may have appeared on the television program WA Weekender(in 2014)?

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davidcoppock on October 24, 2013 at 2:00 am

The Sun Picture Gardens was seen briefly on the Australian tv version of Guinness Book of Records(in 2004?),mentioning it’s world record. the Picture Gardens also appeared on Postcards W.A.,and Getaway.

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davidcoppock on September 25, 2013 at 2:10 am

The Sun Picture Gardens appear at the begining of the Australian movie Bran Nue Dae(set in 1969),the gardens may also have appeared in the background of the Australian children’s television series Lucky Star in one or more episodes filmed at Broome!!