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Venue	Railway Institute
Other Names	Railways and Transport Institute
Address	101 Chalmers Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia
First Date	14 March 1891
Notes	First stage built 1891, second stage added 1899. Originally fronted Devonshire St before Central Railway constructed. Mainly used a educational space for railway workers. Used on occasion by the Workers' Art Club Players (later The New Theatre League and New Theatre). Sold to private developers 20
Related Venues	Also known as Railways and Transport Institute
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.885692 \| 151.206767
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Aristocrats, 7 November 1938 Boyd of Boyd Town, 5 November 1938 Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Life is Calling, 18 January 1936 The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934 Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 The Swagman, 22 May 1895
	Workers' Art Club Players Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Life is Calling, 18 January 1936 Fellowship of Australian Writers Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 New Theatre League (Sydney, NSW) Aristocrats, 7 November 1938 Pupils of Madame Ada Baker The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934 Rotary Club of NSW Boyd of Boyd Town, 5 November 1938 Talatah Players Boyd of Boyd Town, 5 November 1938 The Juvenile Orchestra The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934
	Edmund Allison - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 C W Anson - Playwright The Swagman, 22 May 1895 Victor Arnold - Director Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Vladimir Belotserkovsky - Playwright Life is Calling, 18 January 1936 Jean Blue - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Marie Boyers - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Garry Byrne - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Frank Callanan - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Hugh Carlsson - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Jack Fegan - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Madge Frost - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 H G Godsall - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 John Gould - Director Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Jim Hatton - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Frank Hidden - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Henry Howlett - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Hughla Hurley - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Mollie Kirwan - Director The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934 Kenyon McCarron - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Cecile Milne - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 R Mitchell - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Clifford Odets - Playwright Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Bill Parsons - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Nikolai Pogodin - Playwright Aristocrats, 7 November 1938 C Hansby Read - Playwright Boyd of Boyd Town, 5 November 1938 Desmond Rowan - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Steele Rudd - Playwright Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930 Arline Sauer - Composer, Librettist The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934 Karl Sauer - Conductor The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934 John Sherman - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Wilfrid Stanton - Actor Boyd of Boyd Town, 5 November 1938 Tim Sullivan - Actor Life is Calling, 18 January 1936 Frank Swonnell - Actor Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Gwyn Thompson - Actor The Magic Gum Tree, 25 August 1934 Jerold Wells - Director Waiting For Lefty, 25 January 1936 Kathleen Wishart - Actor Duncan McClure and the Poor Parson, 15 December 1930
Resources	Websites / Online media: Former "Railways Institute" Building Including Fence and Interior, NSW Government Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney, 30 December 2005
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	15226

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