Drive-in cinema, Jericho, c1960

Drive-in cinema, Jericho, c1960. Slide by John Hampson, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Hampson and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Open air cinema, Talwood, 1965

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

Copyright © Jim McDougall and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Maryborough Bungalow theatre, 1948

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

Collection of Denis Cryle

Foyer of Townsville Wintergarden theatre, c1930

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

Collection of Denis Cryle

Bundaberg Wintergarden theatre, c1930

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.

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Queue for employment, Castlemaine Perkins Brewery, Milton, c1937

Queue for employment, Castlemaine Perkins Brewery, Milton, c1937. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 185406

Searching for work, c1932

Searching for work, c1932. Reprinted in Sunday Sun (Brisbane), 4 October 1987. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 17257

Depression era

The Great Depression of the 1930s, when economies crashed world-wide, had a devastating effect on people.

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Queensland British Food Corporation

Early in 1948 the Central Highlands of Queensland was abuzz with excitement. An organisation known as the Queensland British Food Corporation (QBFC) had formed to begin farming on a massive scale.

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