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  • About Us
    • Our History
    • Our Constitution
    • National Executive
    • Notes from the President
    • Notes from the Secretary
    • Our Facebook groups
    • Previous National Presidents
  • News & Events
    • National
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      • New South Wales & ACT
      • South Australia & Northern Territory
      • Victoria
      • Tasmania
      • Queensland
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  • Useful Links
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Pioneers

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2018 – Alexis Speed

Pioneer of the Year, TasmaniaBy Kevin Adams - WebmasterNovember 26, 2018

In 1978 I began my employment with “Tasmanian Drive-In Theatre Holdings” later to become “Village Cinemas”.  At the time the Hobart Cinema Complex consisted of only 2 cinemas.  I started as an Usherette, working split shifts doing 4 hours in the day, having a break then coming back for 4 hours of an evening.  I…

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2016 – Fred Archer

Pioneer of the Year, TasmaniaBy Kevin Adams - WebmasterOctober 1, 2016

The retirement of Fred from Launceston’s Village Cinema 4 in 2014 brought to a close over 60 years of involvement with picture theatres in Victoria and Tasmania. His life in cinemas began in the late-1940s and early-1950s when his mother worked as a cleaner at Hoyts Southern Theatre at Hampton in Victoria. He had the…

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National Honorary Secretary/Treasurer
27 Surfside Avenue
CLOVELLY NSW 2031

telephone:
0423 339 287
email:
secretary@cinemapioneers.com.au

National President
(2017–2018)
Tim Read

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president@cinemapioneers.com.au

a part of the Australian Cinema Industry since 1933

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