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Photograph of carting timber from Gillespie Creek. Ron Flegler with Ford truck and Milky Pine logs, standing beside an International tractor

Photograph of the Murrigal sawmill, taken in the 1950s. In the early 1950s the sawmill was owned by Kane & Allen

Photograph of Rick and Gard’s sawmill, Tully, taken in the 1950s

Copy print of the construction camp for the workers who completed the new bridge over the Tully River at the Tully Gorge. The new bridge was constructed in the 1950s to serve Cardstone village and the Kareeya Power Station

Copy print of the buildings provided for the construction workers building the Koombooloomba Dam as part of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme. Over 900 people lived here during the construction period. The mens’ barracks are in the foreground

Image looking down into the Tully Gorge during the construction of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme. Construction took place in the 1950s, with the Kareeya Power Station and the Koombooloomba Dam completing the major works

Black & white original photograph of the offices of the Tully River District Canegrower's Association, Watkins Street, Tully, c.1950s. The staff who work at the offices are standing outside on the pavement. The building was located on the north side of the street just above the Commonwealth Bank

Black and white photograph of the front of Tully State School with the main entrance on the left. The original building on this site burnt down in 1935 and construction of this building began almost immediately. It was completed in 1938. This building is now heritage listed

Black and white photograph of a diesel locomotive at Cardwell railway station. Diesel locomotives were introduced by Queensland Rail to regional areas in the 1950s

‘Scholarship Year’: Grade 7 Tully State school pupils, 1949