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Sepia original photograph shows Thomas Ormond (Ormy) Butler riding his horse ahead of a large number of cattle travelling down a dirt road. The Butler family lived at Murray Upper from 1902

Sepia photograph of Percy Benn's home near Maria Creek, in the 1930s. Percy Benn was one of the original soldier settlers at El Arish and one of the first to plant cane. When first built, this house was extremely modern and "new look" in design. Sugar cane is growing near the house and a utility truck is parked close by

Photograph of a Percy Dyer’s bicycle shop on Butler Street, Tully, in the 1930s. The sign “Eagles Cycles” is displayed over the pavement. The boy beside the bicycle is un-named

The Pilot Station at Flying Fish Point was erected in 1884 and first lighted in 1885. The lights allowed vessels to navigate the river entrance at night. This image was taken in the early 1930s

Photograph of a team of two horses harnessed to a cart (or planter) loaded with sugar cane stalks for planting. The unnamed man is working on Mrs. Brett's farm, Feluga, in the 1930s

Photograph showing the un-surfaced road along the beach at Bingil Bay, looking towards the north in the 1930s. The shacks on the foreshore were the male and female changing rooms. The bare hillside over Bingil Bay creek grew citrus and pineapples

Ron Flegler loading sugar cane tops onto a horse-drawn cart at the Flegler farm, Old Tully Road. The tops were then fed into the “chop chop” machine to reduce them to food for the horses that worked on the farm

Colour photograph of St. Clare's Catholic Church, Mars Street, Tully, taken in the 1930s. The foundation stone was officially laid on 7 May, 1926 and the church was blessed and opened in August the same year. The photo also shows the three buildings adjacent on Mars Street at that time

Photograph of St Clare’s catholic church on the right, and St Clare’s primary school (convent school) on the left, Mars Street, Tully. The photo is thought to have been taken in the late 1920s or 1930s. St. Clare's School was established in Tully in 1928. The Sisters of the Good Samaritan arrived in February 1928 and classes commenced in the church. The foundation stone for the school building photographed was laid in 1933 with lessons commencing here in April 1934

Photograph of the Bank of New South Wales on the corner of Butler Street and Still Street, Tully, in the 1930s. The first N.S.W. Bank was established in a rented building on Butler Street in 1928. The bank moved into the building shown here in about 1930. The vehicle on the left is probably Vince Ronco's taxi