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	===1930 robbery and fire===		===1930 robbery and fire===
	Only a few months after opening, the Theatre was the subject of a robbery and arson attack. At approximately 3am on 20 June 1930, a group of thieves broke into the Theatre and ransacked the manager's office. After finding only a few items of limited value, mainly tobacco and alcoholic products, they set fire to the screen curtain in the Theatre and fled. Nearby residents alerted authorities and the local Box Hill and Surrey Hills Fire Brigades arrived within minutes of the alarm being raised.<ref name="BHS0809Newsletter" />		Only a few months after opening, the Theatre was the subject of a robbery and arson attack. At approximately 3am on 20 June 1930, a group of thieves broke into the Theatre and ransacked the manager's office. After finding only a few items of limited value, mainly tobacco and alcoholic products, they set fire to the screen curtain in the Theatre and fled. Nearby residents alerted authorities and the local Box Hill and Surrey Hills Fire Brigades arrived within minutes of the alarm being raised.<ref name="BHS0809Newsletter" /><ref>FIRE AT BALWYN. (1930, June 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 23. Retrieved June 9, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4094921 </ref>

	Damage was limited by the quick response of firefighters and the foresight of the Theatre's builders to install up-to-date fire protection systems and designs. However, damage to the Theatre was extensive and the total cost of repairs estimated at approximately 1,000 pounds.<ref name="BHS0809Newsletter" /><ref name="VintageVictoria" /> The Theatre had taken precautions to have the necessary insurances and so was not financially bankrupted by these events. The perpetrators were thought to have also committed several other robberies of picture theatres across Melbourne, but were never caught.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4094921 \|title=Fire at Balwyn. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=26,163 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=21 June 1930 \|accessdate=14 July 2019 \|page=23 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		Damage was limited by the quick response of firefighters and the foresight of the Theatre's builders to install up-to-date fire protection systems and designs. However, damage to the Theatre was extensive and the total cost of repairs estimated at approximately 1,000 pounds.<ref name="BHS0809Newsletter" /><ref name="VintageVictoria" /> The Theatre had taken precautions to have the necessary insurances and so was not financially bankrupted by these events. The perpetrators were thought to have also committed several other robberies of picture theatres across Melbourne, but were never caught.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4094921 \|title=Fire at Balwyn. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=26,163 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=21 June 1930 \|accessdate=14 July 2019 \|page=23 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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 The '''Balwyn Cinema''' or '''Balwyn Theatre''' is a 1930s-era cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]], [[Balwyn]] in the [[Balwyn Shopping Centre]]. It is one of only a few remaining [[wikipedia:Art Deco|art deco]] picture theatres remaining in Melbourne.
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 The 1920s and 1930s saw an explosion in the number of picture theatres throughout suburban Melbourne. The Balwyn Cinema was one of several in the area to open during this time, including the [[Time Theatre]].
-After some years of negotiation with local residents and [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell Council]] over planning permits, the Cinema officially opened on 4 January 1930.<ref name="BHS0809Newsletter">O'Dwyer, Patricia. ''The Balwyn Picture Theatre''. [[Balwyn Historical Society]], October 2008. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~balwynhs/newsletters/letters/articles_08-09.pdf, accessed: 14 July 2019</ref>
+After some years of negotiation with local residents and [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell Council]] over planning permits, the Balwyn Theatre officially opened on 4 January 1930. The construction of the new theatre also gave rise to the extension of the Whitehorse Road shopping precinct, with new lots zoned for commercial use adjacent to the Theatre being subdivided to the east of Austin Street<ref name="BHS0809Newsletter">O'Dwyer, Patricia. ''The Balwyn Picture Theatre''. [[Balwyn Historical Society]], October 2008. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~balwynhs/newsletters/letters/articles_08-09.pdf, accessed: 14 July 2019</ref><ref>''Subdivision Plan - Balwyn Theatre and Shop Sites, circa 1927-28''. [[Kew Historical Society]]. 1928. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/59f7889321ea670ee8d03820, accessed: 14 July 2019</ref>
 Between around 1960 and 1980, it was known as the 'Cinema International'.<ref name="CinemaTour">Roe, Ken. ''Balwyn Cinema''. 14 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190713223247/https://www.cinematour.com/tour/au/49.html <small>(archived from the original)</small>, accessed: 14 July 2019</ref>
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	The '''Balwyn Cinema''' or '''Balwyn Theatre''' is a 1930s-era cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]], [[Balwyn]] in the [[Balwyn Shopping Centre]]. It is one of only a few remaining [[wikipedia:Art Deco\|art deco]] picture theatres remaining in Melbourne.		The '''Balwyn Cinema''' or '''Balwyn Theatre''' is a 1930s-era cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]], [[Balwyn]] in the [[Balwyn Shopping Centre]]. It is one of only a few remaining [[wikipedia:Art Deco\|art deco]] picture theatres remaining in Melbourne.

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The '''Balwyn Cinema''' or '''Balwyn Theatre''' is a 1930s-era cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]], [[Balwyn]] in the [[Balwyn Shopping Centre]]. It is one of only a few remaining [[wikipedia:Art Deco|art deco]] picture theatres remaining in Melbourne.

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