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Venue	Mechanics' Institute Hall
Other Names	Swan River Mechanics' Institute
Address	Corner Pier Street and Hay Street Perth WA 6000 Australia
Notes	The foundation stone of the Swan River Mechanics' Institute, Perth, was laid in May 1852. Kerosene chandeliers were installed in 1865. In 1899 the old building was replaced by a two storey building on the same site. Demolished in the 1970s.
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Latitude \| Longitude	-31.95529 \| 115.86193
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Rational Concert, 9 November 1902 Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Whitebait at Greenwich, 4 June 1879 Bamboozling and The Mischievous Monkey, 14 April 1879 Macbeth, 11 February 1879 Twenty Minutes with a Tiger and Only a Halfpenny, 25 October 1878 The Merchant of Venice, 12 December 1876 Box and Cox; Good for Nothing; The Golden Fleece, 22 July 1872 A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 The Phase of Life / Negro Eccentricities, 14 May 1872 Sketches from Nature, 11 April 1872 Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Jockey Hornpipe; Faust,M.D. and Little...; The Day after the Wedding, 12 April 1871 Innkeeper, Peasant; The Bonnie Fishwife; Faust, M.D., and Little...., 10 April 1871 The Mummy! The Mummy! the Mummy!; The Echo in the Woods, 6 September 1869 Shakespeare readings in the manner of Kemble, Keane, Garrick, etc., 3 September 1869 Raps! Taps! and Slaps!; Stocks Up and Stocks Down; The U.S.M.; or the Nigger in a bag., 2 September 1869 Ls Somnambule (sic), The Three Hunters, 26 July 1869 La Sonambula and The Three Hunters, 24 July 1869 Nigger Notions of Justice, 27 May 1869 A Fearful Tragedy in Seven Dials, The Unwarrantable Intrusion, Jack in the Green, 1 April 1869 Acrobatics; Trapeze; Balancing; Classical Grouping, 31 March 1869 Theatre Comique, 22 April 1868 The Jealous Wife; Villikins and His Dinah, 20 April 1868 Theatre Comique, 16 April 1868 Benefit for Louise Arnot, 6 April 1868 Louise Arnot, 31 March 1868 Our Gal; Snapping Turtles; Grand Interlude, 25 March 1868 Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868 Odds and Ends, 22 August 1867 The Drawing Room to Let, 21 August 1867 Farewell Benefit to Mr. & Mrs. George Case, 16 August 1867 Odds and Ends; Married and Settled, 12 August 1867 Entertainment / The Lost Party, 23 July 1867 Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 The Silent System; Urgent Private Business; Boots at the Swan, 10 April 1866 Scenes from Macbeth; scenes from Ingomar the Barbarian; Brown, 29 September 1865 Little Toddlekins; The Two Bonnycastles; Domestic Economy, 21 June 1865 Turn Him Out; Ici On Parle Francais; Phenomenon in a Smock-Frock, 23 March 1865 To Oblige Benson, The Irish Lion, No 1 Round the Corner, 17 February 1857 Shocking Events; The Rifle Brigade; Bombastes Furioso; , 10 October 1855
	The Stoneham Company Box and Cox; Good for Nothing; The Golden Fleece, 22 July 1872 A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 Sketches from Nature, 11 April 1872 Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Jockey Hornpipe; Faust,M.D. and Little...; The Day after the Wedding, 12 April 1871 Innkeeper, Peasant; The Bonnie Fishwife; Faust, M.D., and Little...., 10 April 1871 Theatre Comique Theatre Comique, 22 April 1868 The Jealous Wife; Villikins and His Dinah, 20 April 1868 Theatre Comique, 16 April 1868 Benefit for Louise Arnot, 6 April 1868 Louise Arnot, 31 March 1868 Our Gal; Snapping Turtles; Grand Interlude, 25 March 1868 Perth Amateur Dramatic Company Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868 Farewell Benefit to Mr. & Mrs. George Case, 16 August 1867 Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 Little Toddlekins; The Two Bonnycastles; Domestic Economy, 21 June 1865 Turn Him Out; Ici On Parle Francais; Phenomenon in a Smock-Frock, 23 March 1865 Lyons Rocky Mountain Wonders The Mummy! The Mummy! the Mummy!; The Echo in the Woods, 6 September 1869 Shakespeare readings in the manner of Kemble, Keane, Garrick, etc., 3 September 1869 Raps! Taps! and Slaps!; Stocks Up and Stocks Down; The U.S.M.; or the Nigger in a bag., 2 September 1869 Acrobatics; Trapeze; Balancing; Classical Grouping, 31 March 1869 Minstrels of the West Ls Somnambule (sic), The Three Hunters, 26 July 1869 La Sonambula and The Three Hunters, 24 July 1869 Nigger Notions of Justice, 27 May 1869 Amateur Theatricals To Oblige Benson, The Irish Lion, No 1 Round the Corner, 17 February 1857 Shocking Events; The Rifle Brigade; Bombastes Furioso; , 10 October 1855 Metropolitan Rifle Volunteers Band Theatre Comique, 22 April 1868 Little Toddlekins; The Two Bonnycastles; Domestic Economy, 21 June 1865 The Rocky Mountain Troupe Ls Somnambule (sic), The Three Hunters, 26 July 1869 La Sonambula and The Three Hunters, 24 July 1869 Bryant's Variety Company Rational Concert, 9 November 1902 Church of England Young Mens' Association Macbeth, 11 February 1879 Juvenile Amateurs Twenty Minutes with a Tiger and Only a Halfpenny, 25 October 1878 Metropolitan Cricket Club Whitebait at Greenwich, 4 June 1879 Philharmonic Society Band Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868
	Adelaide Stoneham - Actor Box and Cox; Good for Nothing; The Golden Fleece, 22 July 1872 A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 Sketches from Nature, 11 April 1872 Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Jockey Hornpipe; Faust,M.D. and Little...; The Day after the Wedding, 12 April 1871 Innkeeper, Peasant; The Bonnie Fishwife; Faust, M.D., and Little...., 10 April 1871 George Case - Actor-Manager, Performer Odds and Ends, 22 August 1867 George Case - Impersonator Odds and Ends, 22 August 1867 George Case - Actor-Manager, Performer The Drawing Room to Let, 21 August 1867 George Case - Impersonator The Drawing Room to Let, 21 August 1867 George Case - Actor-Manager, Performer Farewell Benefit to Mr. & Mrs. George Case, 16 August 1867 George Case - Impersonator Farewell Benefit to Mr. & Mrs. George Case, 16 August 1867 George Case - Actor-Manager, Performer Odds and Ends; Married and Settled, 12 August 1867 George Case - Impersonator Odds and Ends; Married and Settled, 12 August 1867 George Case - Actor-Manager, Performer Entertainment / The Lost Party, 23 July 1867 George Case - Impersonator Entertainment / The Lost Party, 23 July 1867 Walter Howson - Actor, Impersonator, Performer A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 The Phase of Life / Negro Eccentricities, 14 May 1872 Innkeeper, Peasant; The Bonnie Fishwife; Faust, M.D., and Little...., 10 April 1871 Shakespeare readings in the manner of Kemble, Keane, Garrick, etc., 3 September 1869 John Maddison Morton - Playwright Box and Cox; Good for Nothing; The Golden Fleece, 22 July 1872 A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868 Little Toddlekins; The Two Bonnycastles; Domestic Economy, 21 June 1865 Airey - Actor, Clown, Impersonator, Singer Theatre Comique, 22 April 1868 The Jealous Wife; Villikins and His Dinah, 20 April 1868 Louise Arnot, 31 March 1868 Louise Arnot - Actor The Jealous Wife; Villikins and His Dinah, 20 April 1868 Louise Arnot, 31 March 1868 Our Gal; Snapping Turtles; Grand Interlude, 25 March 1868 H P Lyons - Actor Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Jockey Hornpipe; Faust,M.D. and Little...; The Day after the Wedding, 12 April 1871 Innkeeper, Peasant; The Bonnie Fishwife; Faust, M.D., and Little...., 10 April 1871 Charles Selby - Playwright Farewell Benefit to Mr. & Mrs. George Case, 16 August 1867 Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 The Silent System; Urgent Private Business; Boots at the Swan, 10 April 1866 H Stoneham - Actor, Actor-Manager A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Innkeeper, Peasant; The Bonnie Fishwife; Faust, M.D., and Little...., 10 April 1871 Thomas J Williams - Playwright Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868 The Silent System; Urgent Private Business; Boots at the Swan, 10 April 1866 Turn Him Out; Ici On Parle Francais; Phenomenon in a Smock-Frock, 23 March 1865 William Brough - Playwright Turn Him Out; Ici On Parle Francais; Phenomenon in a Smock-Frock, 23 March 1865 To Oblige Benson, The Irish Lion, No 1 Round the Corner, 17 February 1857 John Baldwin Buckstone - Playwright To Oblige Benson, The Irish Lion, No 1 Round the Corner, 17 February 1857 Shocking Events; The Rifle Brigade; Bombastes Furioso; , 10 October 1855 George Dean - Actor Box and Cox; Good for Nothing; The Golden Fleece, 22 July 1872 Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 W H Knight - Actor, Stage Manager Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868 Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 John Laurie - Acrobat, Aerialist, Impersonator Shakespeare readings in the manner of Kemble, Keane, Garrick, etc., 3 September 1869 Acrobatics; Trapeze; Balancing; Classical Grouping, 31 March 1869 H P Lyons - Actor, Singer Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Jockey Hornpipe; Faust,M.D. and Little...; The Day after the Wedding, 12 April 1871 William Shakespeare - Playwright The Merchant of Venice, 12 December 1876 Scenes from Macbeth; scenes from Ingomar the Barbarian; Brown, 29 September 1865 Harry Stoneham - Actor, Actor-Manager Sketches from Nature, 11 April 1872 Jockey Hornpipe; Faust,M.D. and Little...; The Day after the Wedding, 12 April 1871 C Abraham - Musician: Pianist Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872 Anderson - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 S J Anderson - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 William Barnes Rhodes - Playwright Shocking Events; The Rifle Brigade; Bombastes Furioso; , 10 October 1855 W E Bold - Accompanist Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Francis Cowley Burnand - Playwright The Jealous Wife; Villikins and His Dinah, 20 April 1868 Tom Cannam - Actor Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 George Coleman - Playwright The Jealous Wife; Villikins and His Dinah, 20 April 1868 Coles - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Drummond - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 R H Goodman - Musician: Violinist Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Thomas Haynes Bayly - Playwright Slasher and Crasher; Comfortable Service; Nursery Chickweed, 12 February 1868 Hayward - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 C Heinbeckel - Recitationer Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Annie Hill - Actor, Dancer Scenes from Macbeth; scenes from Ingomar the Barbarian; Brown, 29 September 1865 Alfred Hillman - Stage Manager Shocking Events; The Rifle Brigade; Bombastes Furioso; , 10 October 1855 Nella Hunting - Singer Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 J B Huntingdon - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Kelsall - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 J H Kittel - Musical Director Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Knight - Performer Farewell Benefit to Mr. & Mrs. George Case, 16 August 1867 J Laing - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Laurence - Actor Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 A J Lea Holt - Singer Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Mark Lemon - Playwright Little Toddlekins; The Two Bonnycastles; Domestic Economy, 21 June 1865 A J Love - Singer Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Maria Lovell - Playwright Scenes from Macbeth; scenes from Ingomar the Barbarian; Brown, 29 September 1865 Charles Mathews - Playwright Little Toddlekins; The Two Bonnycastles; Domestic Economy, 21 June 1865 Lucy Milsom - Singer: Soprano Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Edith Mitchell - Actor Scenes from Macbeth; scenes from Ingomar the Barbarian; Brown, 29 September 1865 R Nelson - Acrobat, Aerialist Acrobatics; Trapeze; Balancing; Classical Grouping, 31 March 1869 Page-Smith - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Petherick - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 James Robinson Planché - Playwright Box and Cox; Good for Nothing; The Golden Fleece, 22 July 1872 M S Ramaciotti - Musician Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 C W Randle - Accompanist Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Isabel Reid - Singer Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 A Roe - Actor Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 Saltwell - Singer Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Edith Sawden - Actor Popular Pops, 24 May 1899 Charles Scholl - Actor Shocking Events; The Rifle Brigade; Bombastes Furioso; , 10 October 1855 Walter Scott - Writer Born To Good Luck; Lady of the Lake; The Unfinished Gentleman, 21 February 1867 A D Smith - Musician: Hornist Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 A D Smith - Accompanist Mechanic's Institute Concert, 12 July 1900 Stoneham - Actor A Comical Countess; Negro Eccentricities; Box and Cox: Virginian Mummy, 5 July 1872 Stoneham - Actor Time Tries All / Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady / Lottery Ticket, 1 April 1872
Venue Identifier	14315
Dataset	AusStage