cinema

Burleigh Drive-in, 1967. From Gold Coast attractions, 1967, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

General view, Bundaberg, Wintergarden cinema in foreground, public school and shelter sheds in middleground, c1930. Postcard by Murray Studios Pty Ltd, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Strand Cinema, Toowoomba, 1979. Slide by Michael Keniger, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Open air cinema, Talwood, 1965. Slide by Jim McDougall, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Maryborough Bungalow theatre, movie club treat, Easter Saturday, 1948. Collection of Denis Cryle

Collection of Denis Cryle

Foyer of Townsville Wintergarden theatre with celebrity posters, c1930. Collection of Denis Cryle

Collection of Denis Cryle

Bundaberg Wintergarden theatre showing stage and balconies, c1930. Wintergarden Tropical Theatres blended metropolitan sophistication with practical measures designed to accommodate tropical and sub-tropical conditions. Along with elaborate lighting and ventilation systems, the regional picture palaces helped transform cinema-going into a leisure activity more akin to theatre-going. Denis Cryle Collection

Collection of Denis Cryle

Regional cinema

Cinema in regional Queensland provided generations of cinema-goers with increased opportunities for leisure, entertainment and social interaction.

cinema

Burleigh Drive-in, 1967

General view, Bundaberg, Wintergarden cinema in foreground, c1930

Strand Cinema, Toowoomba, 1979

Open air cinema, Talwood, 1965

Maryborough Bungalow theatre, 1948

Foyer of Townsville Wintergarden theatre, c1930

Bundaberg Wintergarden theatre, c1930

Regional cinema