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View of the railway bridge over flooded Tully River in 1929. Large piles of debris and timber are visible to the right side of the bridge, and a figure is standing on the bridge in the mid-ground

Official photograph, taken by Townsville photographer, Don. J. Peiniger, of the Tully Rugby League team and officials. The team took part in the Townsville football carnival of 1929, a country carnival that decided the zone premierships for North Queensland

Black and white photograph of the Innisfail Citizens' Band, taken Easter 1928 when the group travelled to Townsville for the Townsville Band Concert. Fred Wedd (unidentified in image) was the conductor. List of names compiled from 3 conflicting sources. Image was donated by Mrs K Stewart to the Innisfail & District Historical Society

Sepia original photograph of the Marine Hotel, Victoria Street, Cardwell. Originally a single storey building dating from 1871, it was extended in 1877. It served the community well but was demolished and replaced by a new hotel-motel building which was officially opened in November 1967

Sepia photograph showing the construction of the first road bridge over the Tully River, 1928

Sepia original photograph of Harry Bineham at the wheel of an open truck carrying a number of passengers in c.1927. The truck is labelled "For Hire". Bineham ran a general carrying business in Tully from the 1930s. His truck (possibly the one pictured) served as the town hearse for a while. Bineham Street in Tully was named after him

Sepia photograph of George Hunt's truck outside the Kincora Hotel, Lower Tully. George Hunt worked on the construction of the Lower Tully road in the 1920s. The Kincora Hotel was built by Terence O'Loghlen who applied for a licence for a hotel on his cane farm in 1927. The hotel opened in October 1928. The name, Kincora, commemorates the palace of Brian Boru in Co. Clare, Ireland

Photograph of the Q.A.T.B. (Ambulance) building on Bryant Street in 1927. This building, erected in 1925, was in use until 1960 when the QATB moved to a new brick building on Watkins Street. Cardwell Shire Council took over this building and the library was located on the ground floor with the Engineering Department on the floor above

Photograph of the Q.A.T.B. (Ambulance) building on Bryant Street in 1927. This building, erected in 1925, was in use until 1960. Two Q.A.T.B. officers stand either side of an ambulance vehicle parked under the veranda of the building. The sugar mill chimney can be seen to the right in the rear

Black and white photograph of Tully Sugar Mill in c.1928, looking north on the south western side of the mill. In the foreground are drums of molasses chain-fastened to the cane trucks, awaiting delivery to farms