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Copy print showing the area being cleared for an airstrip on Dunk Island. Hugo Brassey commenced planning the aerodrome in 1938. An old McCormick Deering T20 tractor which had tracks was used, and also hand tools including axes and cross-cut saws. Eventually the strip reached a length of 1000 yards

Sepia photograph of the avenue of coconut palms and the visitor accommodation, Dunk Island in the 1940s

Black & white photograph of exterior view of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1 Edith Street, Innisfail (corner Edith Street and Fitzgerald Esplanade), looking north down Fitzgerald Esplanade. This building is currently occupied by 4KZ Radio Station, and the Commonwealth Bank is now located on cnr Owen Street and Edith Street, Innisfail

Print of the Koombooloomba Dam under construction in the 1950s. The dam above the Tully Falls is part of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme. It was completed in 1960, with a length of 399 meters and a height of 40 meters

The new Tully State School building was constructed after the original school on this site burnt down in 1935. The new school was completed in 1938. This image shows “Curly” McQuillan, one of the builders, at the site

Photograph of a group of children on the steps of St Clare’s convent school in the late 1930s. The girls are dressed as angels for an event at the school

Sepia photograph of Corporal Hugh Ramsay (Rowdy) Butler who grew up in Murray Upper, enlisted in January 1916 and served in France in the First World War. He was killed in action in November 1916. His name appears on the Honour Roll in Cardwell and Butler Street, Tully was named after him

Black and white photograph of a crashed RAAF bomber, Hudson A16-162. During the battle of the Coral Sea this aircraft flew a search mission from Townsville off the coast but crashed on 5th May 1942 in the Hinchinbrook Channel near Goold Island. One of the crew, Sergeant James, died in the crash and was buried in the Tully Cemetery. The aircraft was towed to Cardwell for salvage and returned, in pieces, by road to RAAF Base Garbutt

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

Black and white photograph looking south east over the sugar mill yards, Tully. Crane gantry in the foreground in front of the chimney stack. Sugar cane is stacked in the yard ready for crushing