Empire Café, 1933

Art Deco, Buildings, Interwar Homes

Builder: Archie McDonald of McDonalds Pty Ltd Architect: HVM Brown The building showcases the interwar period of building boom in Mackay, as well as the art deco style seen throughout the area. The Empire Cafe traded on this site for a number of decades, firstly in a...

Arony’s Building, 1938

Art Deco, Buildings

Builder: Queensland Building and Engineering Co. Architect: Edward R Orchard This building is two storeys highm and traditionally with shops below and offices or administration above. It is Art Deco style with a horizontal concrete cantilever hood over the upper...

The Grant Building (Tick Tock Two)

Art Deco, Buildings

Builder: McDonald and Sons Architect: unknown Originally known as The Grant Building, or better known as Tick Tock Jeweller to many locals, was originally home to the Grant family cabinet makers and furniture factory. The building provided two levels of showroom and...
Cominos Building, 1930s

Cominos Building, 1930s

Art Deco, Buildings

Builder:  Archie McDonald of McDonalds Pty Ltd Architect:  HVM Brown The building was constructed in the mid 1930s for Nicholas Demetreus Cominos, a relative of the Comino family, trading in Sydney Street. According to land titles documents, he was a café proprietor....