Percy Tilse opened the Strand Theatre on the corner of Nebo Road and George Street on Friday, October 18, 1940. It was the first (by two weeks) of the suburban theatres (cinemas) in Mackay, the second being the Four Ways Theatre. The Strand was built by local builder...

Mackay boasts one of the largest concentrations of Art Deco architecture in Queensland. After a devastating cyclone in 1918 much of the city was rebuilt in the Art Deco style, chosen for its association with “progress”. The Civic Theatre became a celebrated addition...