Located at 205-207 Liverpool Street, Sydney on the corner of Wentworth Avenue,[1] the architect was Walter Burley Griffin[2][3][4] The theatre was a reinforced concrete building with relief stucco paneling.

The Australia Picture Palace designed by Walter Burley Griffin[2] was built in 1915 for Hoyt’s Theatres Ltd[5] and opened on 7 January 1916.

[5][6][7] On 5 August 1943 Austral American Productions began showing first-run Warner Brothers films in an exclusive arrangement.

[5] Some performances at the theatre include the film “They Died with their Boots On” featuring Errol Flynn on 5 August 1943.

[5] One of the films, Word is Out[9], inspired Ron Austin, a member of CAMP, with the idea of a street party which later became the first Mardi Gras in June of that year.