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

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

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Location

Australia
28 October 2010
Australia

Commonwealth Games Baton, 1982

This is the relay baton that carried the message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for the Opening Ceremony of the XII Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane from 30 September to 9 October 1982.

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E
H16191
Queensland Museum
Brisbane, Queensland
1 January 1982
28 October 2010
 Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010 
Brisbane, QLD
Australia
27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E
Dimensions
650mm
60mm
60mm
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