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Reference Type Sunday Age newspaper
Title Where are they now? the suburban drive-ins
Town Melbourne
State VIC
Country Australia
Publication Date 02-09-1990
Citation Date
Comments This article describes the experience after drive-ins were closed. When the history is not able to restore, people use their own way to store their memory.





In this article, writer has interviewed a few famous people about how they feel about drive-ins, such as Australian master of the poetry of the suburbs, Bruce Dawe and Melbourne songwriter, Billy Baxter. They watch movies and have fun in drive-ins. “The death of the Toorak drive-in was an unexpected inspiration for Sonia Clerehan, whose recent exhibition at the Stuart Gerstman Galleries in Richmond featured 19 paintings, all with drive-in screens as the main image.” She recalled “Seeing this has quite a dramatic impact and I got dragged along painting these drive-in screens.”







We have to accept the fact, some drive-ins have already gone. We might use our painting or other methods to memorize the past, and say goodbye to the past lifestyle. For example, Toorak Drive-in had already been demolished. Painters use their painting to describe the history.





This article is from AFI research center. It was published by Sunday Age. However, part of essential information is missing, such as the author.



tags: Billy Baxter Bruce Dawe  Coburge drive-in Sonia Clerehan Toorak Drive-in East Hawthorn 
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