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Premier E.G. Theodore visited Banyan in May 1922 to meet with residents. He inspected the area and heard their case for a sugar mill. There was torrential rain on the day but a banquet was provided at the cane-decorated home of Mr J beattie

Photograph of the tramway bridge over Banyan Creek which served the Tully Sugar Mill. The sugar mill was constructed on the bank of Banyan Creek, and completed in 1925

This 'shack", one of six huts provided for staff accommodation at the construction site of the new Tully sugar mill

Photograph of the Tully River rail bridge under construction. The Feluga - Cardwell section of the north coast railway line (which includes the rail bridge) was officially opened on 10 December 1924. Prior to this over 450 men were employed on the construction. A camp for workers can be seen on the bank of the river

Sepia original photograph shows Victoria Street and foreshore. Creagh's general store on left. Tom Petersen in foreground

Photograph of a team of three horses harnessed to a cart driven by an unnamed man at Allison's farm, which was located along what is now the Old Tully Road. The house is in the background

Sepia photograph of a steam train at the Cardwell station in the 1920s. The small station building is in the rear left and some tents, possibly for construction workers, are to the right. The North Coast Railway line through from Townsville to Cairns was finally officially opened in December 1924 when the Daradgee bridge over the Johnstone River was completed

Photograph of Banyan settlement which sprang up as the new railway line was constructed, and the proposed sugar mill went ahead. The new town to be named Tully was surveyed to the west of the railway on the other side of Banyan Creek

Sepia photographic postcard of shops along the main street of Banyan settlement, the forerunner of Tully, located on the east side of Banyan Creek near to the present High School

Sepia photograph of people on Victoria Street, Cardwell, on the occasion of the opening of the railway line from Townsville to Innisfail. The line was joined at Cardwell in 1924, Mrs John Hubinger performing the ceremonial driving home of the last spike