ABC Drive interview 23 October 2025
If you're a lover of Australian cinema and old picture theatre., then Yass might be the place to be this Saturday evening because the silver screen at the old Liberty Theatre is shining once more.
Curtain Rises on stage one of restoration of Yass’s Liberty Theatre - About Regional
They could make a movie about it… a small group of passionate Yass locals work to save their town’s 1939 art deco style theatre from demolition. Read the real life story.
Back to the pictures for Yass at the Liberty Theatre
The Friends of the Liberty Theatre and Cultural Centre Inc. will benefit from $250,000 in funding for the installation of state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment to enable the showing of movies thanks to the NSW Government’s Creative Capital program.
Group hoping to rewind Yass Liberty Theatre to its glory days - About Regional
Despite the dimness, dust and modifications, with just a sprinkle of fairy dust the imagination sees how the Yass Liberty Theatre once was and what it could be.
Giant organ in need of a good home after decades of private concerts
A giant and unique organ is looking for a new home after the man who saved it died. In its hay day, the National Trust-listed wurlitzer accompanied silent films in a Sydney theatre. Now, after decades of private concerts, it's looking for a new keeper who will love it as much as its last owner.
Organ transplant - ABC News
The wurlitzer organ was saved by John Atkinson and placed on the Register of the National Trust in December 2006.