Nostalgic Queen's Theatre is a heritage-listed cinema at George Street, Wallumbilla, Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Wallumbilla was the largest of three small service towns in the Shire of Bendemere (since 2008 amalgamated into the Maranoa Region), whose economy is based on primary production including cattle, grain and timber and on the natural gas industry.

[1] In the 1900s films were brought to Wallumbilla by a traveling projectionist and shown in Bishop's Hall using a hand-cranked projector.

At an unknown date the local shopkeeper, Eddie Murphy, purchased the hall and relocated it to the site of the current news agency.

He renamed it Murphy's Hall and used it as a picture theatre showing silent films accompanied by piano.

These small ventures, frequently family owned, did not have the capital to build lavish premises, nor did they have a large client base in country areas and might screen films only once or twice a week.

[1] In 1930, Les Cadsow, a baker, bought the Wallumbilla hall and continued to use it as a picture theatre, naming it the De Luxe.

Laminated arches of cypress pine, which allowed good sightlines to the screen, supported the roof.

[1] A country picture theatre such as the Queen's provided an important service to people in the surrounding area.

Coming into town for a night at the pictures provided good family entertainment, a venue for courtship and an opportunity for people of all ages to meet.

In 1967 the Houstons bought the cinema and continued to show films even during the early 1970s when television began to displace going to the pictures as the most popular form of entertainment.

[1] The exterior cladding on the front of the building was replaced in the 1980s, when the confectionary counter opening onto the street on the right hand side of the entrance was sheeted over.

The roof is gabled and the main elevation has a plain rectangular facade clad in metal sheeting with a central doorway below a small window.

The sides and rear of the building are clad in fibrous cement panels held in place by timber battens.

[1] Nostalgic Queen's Theatre was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 25 October 2002 having satisfied the following criteria.

The Queen's Theatre has important associations with the community of Wallumbilla and the surrounding area, as a venue for social interaction and popular entertainment, and for many members of which it is a focus for memories.