Going to the pictures, Harden Murrumburrah 1904-1973
Harden Murrumburrah: Aboriginal heritage | Allsopp & Barnes Families | Cinema / Picture Theatres | Council Chambers | Fossil animals | Flying into Harden 1914 | Historic Buildings | Hotels, Pubs & Inns | McMahon's Reef Goldfield | Platypus | Postal Services | Sheep | Lyceum Theatre, Neill Street, Harden, 2011. Source: Flickriver Going to the pictures in Australia, especially during the 1920s, was a very common event, with unprecedented numbers of patrons attending during the week and on weekends. Despite its relatively small population, Australia had some of the highest rates of cinema attendance internationally during that period. The twin towns of Harden Murrumburrah, situated on the south west slopes of New South Wales near Young, were no exception. Their residents had access to screenings of the new 'animated pictures' from as early as 1904 - in Murrumburrah at the School of Arts and Mather's Assembly Hall; in Harden initially at th