Photo%20Collection

Photograph of Freeman Lawrence, who came to Cardwell with his family by 1884. He selected the property "Murrigal" at Murray Upper by 1891 where he lived until selling the property to William Wade by 1905, and leaving the district. He was Chairman of Cardwell Divisional Board in 1901

Sepia photograph of James and Annie (née McClelland) Henry and their children. James was an older brother of Isaac Henry. Both brothers were early pioneers of the Tully River district. James arrived in Cardwell in 1889 but settled at 'Fernleigh' adjacent to Isaac's property 'Bellenden'

Black and white copy photograph of Freeman Lawrence's bullock team at Cardwell. When Walter Scott died at the Valley of Lagoons in 1890 his family in England sent out a granite cross to mark his grave. The large monument could not be transported by this bullock team up the difficult Cardwell Range route and remained in the township

Sepia photograph of Elizabeth Hubinger (nee Cunningham) who joined her husband, Johann Christian Hubinger, in Cardwell soon after his arrival in 1869. Elizabeth died in 1930

Sepia photograph of prominent pioneer of the Cardwell district, Johann Christian Hubinger, who arrived in Cardwell in 1869. He was one of the first members of the Cardwell Divisional Board appointed in 1884 and served on the Divisional Board and then the Cardwell Shire Council for over 22 years. He died in office as Chairman in 1908

Sepia photograph of Mary Ann Creagh, the youngest daughter of early Cardwell pioneers Johann Christian and Elizabeth Hubinger. Mary was the last member of the Hubinger family to carry on Hubinger's general store business, located on Victoria Street Cardwell

Black and white copy print of four canecutters working in the Mena Creek area before 1920. They each have a short handled cane knife

Black & white photograph showing view of Johnstone River, Innisfail, with sampans/punts loaded with bananas in foreground. Docks or jetty and some buildings visible on adjacent bank

Black & white photograph showing Chinese workers unloading bananas from sampans/punts onto the ship "Carroo", Johnstone River. The "Carroo" was registered with the Adelaide Steamship Co. in 1897

Sepia photograph of the three sons of Margaret and William Pershouse, who came to the Cardwell district from Gladstone in 1880. They built a family home at 'Glenwarn' (located within the junction of Meunga and Kennedy Creeks). The brothers were to own a timber mill at Carruchan which later belonged to Brown & Broad Ltd