[1] The Noccundra Hotel lies approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Thargomindah on the eastern edge of the Sturt Stony Desert.

[1] The expedition of Burke and Wills through far southwest Queensland in 1860 paved the way for pastoral settlement of the area, with Bulloo Downs Station being the first run to be taken up in 1864.

Bulloo Division had an area of 45,000 square miles, extending north to Windorah and east to Adavale and Toompine.

Trade would have come from teamsters, travellers and staff at Nockatunga at a time when stations had a large workforce and transport to distant towns was impracticable.

Photographs from the 1970s when substantial sections of it remained, show that it had coursed stonework and well-detailed windows with stone sills.

In the 1920s the tiny township gained a saddler and the Noccundra Hotel was extended by the addition of a kitchen/dining room of corrugated iron sheeting on a timber frame, possibly in the 1930s.

It may be that increased access to motor transport and the growth of Thargomindah as a local centre contributed to the failure of Noccundra to develop as a township.

Situated in a remote area between supply centres the hotel remained a link in outback communications, a service point for travellers and as a focus for community events.

The hotel consists of a group of stone and corrugated iron buildings that stand out in their isolation against the flat gibber plain and are seen for a considerable distance when approaching by car.

[1] The main part of the hotel comprises two parallel and linked single storey structures built of coursed sandstone blocks.

A corrugated iron awning supported on a timber frame and posts runs along the south and west elevations of the hotel and shades a concrete pathway.

This is a gable-roofed building constructed of corrugated iron sheeting over a timber frame with an extension of the same materials to the north.

The Noccundra Hotel in far southwest Queensland survives as an important link with the establishment of pastoral settlement in this area.

Although some changes have taken place, the Noccundra Hotel is important in illustrating the principal characteristics of a vernacular style of masonry construction that spread throughout central Australia, across South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in the late 19th century, efficiently controlling the extremes of temperature in the hot, arid interior of the continent, and compensating for the lack of locally-available timber.

The Noccundra Hotel is important for its long connection with the community of the surrounding area as a venue for many social events.