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.

Back cover tourist brochure, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, Brisbane, c1935. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland
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