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This movie theatre was originally the open-air Empire Theatre, erected in 1915 and later enclosed and renamed the Star Theatre. The ‘Star’ survived as a popular movie theatre until 17 May 1959, when it was destroyed in a blaze that cost the lives of two firemen – Herbert Lees and Sydney Brown, who were buried under more than four metres of rubble after the projection room collapsed on them. During the 1960s, the site became home to the first Coles supermarket in Queensland.
Citations
Courier-Mail, 29 July 2015.
Image Citations
Star Theatre, Wynnum, 1940s. Brisbane City Council. Brisbane Images. BCC-WYN-271.
Map References
MLMS. 2 mile AG1 series 1906–1915—Moreton district. 2 Mile to the inch. Moreton 2 Mile map AG1 series sheet 2. AG1