ENTERTAINMENT IN TOWNSVILLE,
QLD
DURING WW2
HOTELS, CLUBS
| American Red
Cross Club near Hayles Jetty? |
Buchanan's Hotel | Causeway Hotel |
| Creighton's Hotel | Empire Hotel | Excelsior Hotel |
| Fairfield Hotel | Hermit Park Hotel | Lowths Hotel |
| North American Services Club (B14), American Red Cross | The Great Northern Hotel | Queens Hotel |
| Queensland Hotel | Rising Sun Hotel | Seaview Hotel |
| Wet Canteen Blackwood Street |
MOVIE THEATRES
| The
Regent Theatre Owned by John Arthur Feldt who also owned the Plaza and the Sun theatres. |
The Sun Theatre Owned by John Arthur Feldt who also owned the Regent and the Plaza Theatres. |
The Olympia Theatre |
| Open Air Movie
Theatre (Military) on the northern side of Ingham Road, in the location of Peel Street or Ramsay Street |
Open Air Movie
Theatre (Military) at Mount Louisa in Depot No. 2 |
Open Air Movie
Theatre (Military) Roseneath Army Camp |
| Open Air Movie
Theatre (Military) 13 Australian Army Personnel Staging Camp, Oonoonba |
South
Townsville Talkies Where was it? Was it there during WW2? |
The Roxy
Theatre Flinders Street |
| Wintergarden
Theatre Sturt Street |
Rex
Theatre at Oonoomba built after WW2 using a WW2 Military building |
The Esquire |
| The Estate at Railway Estate |
The Plaza
Theatre on corner of Echlin and North Streets, West End. Opened September 1938. Owned by John Arthur Feldt who also owned the Regent and the Sun. |
Holliday Theatre Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island Was it there during WW2? |
| Arcadian
Theatre, Arcadia, Magnetic Island Was it there during WW2? |
The Astor
Theatre located at Palmerston St, Pimlico Not opened until 28 Sep 1953 |
The Garbutt
Theatre Where was it? Was it there during WW2? |
| Palladium
Theatre located at Aitkenvale. Grand opening 23 Dec 1947 Built after the war using a number of WW2 buildings etc including the stage from the Pooladium. |
Stuart Theatre Where was it? Was it there during WW2? |
ENTERTAINMENT HALLS, DANCES
| American Red
Cross Canteen and Recreation Centre AWU Hall, Denham Street |
CCC Hall, Oonoonba, regular dances for soldiers and CCC men | Civic Dance
Hall Where was it? |
| Coconut
Grove Dance Hall The Strand |
Country Club | Funland,
Flinders Street Where was it? |
| Heatley's Dance Hall | Helton
Hall Mount Louisa, Townsville |
Pooladium Charlotte Street, near Aplin's Weir |
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RAAF
Recreation Hall The Strand |
St. Anthony's
Catholic Church Ireland Street, Oonoonba Weekly Dances |
St.
George's Recreation Centre Opposite the Townsville Railway Station |
| St. Joseph's
Dances St. Joseph's School, The Strand |
Theatre Royal Flinders Street |
CAFES, RESTAURANTS
| Athol's Inn | Ozone Cafe |
WELFARE
| Australian Red Cross | Australian Comforts Fund Rooms in Town Hall, near Post Office |
Queensland Country Women's
Association (CWA) |
| Everyman's
Hut Stanley Street, Townsville |
TOC H | Salvation Army |
| YMCA | YWCA |
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This page first produced 27 June 2004
This page last updated 25 January 2020
