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Colour photograph of banana plants in the Kennedy Valley blown over by the tropical cyclone that struck North Queensland on Christmas Eve, 1971. This was Cyclone Althea which devastated Townsville

Photograph of Chinese banana growers loading bunches from their smaller craft onto the "Barratta". The banana trade on the Johnstone River thrived in the years before the First World War. The "Barratta" was an iron steamship registered to Burns Philp & Co. Ltd, based in Townsville, in 1892

Sepia photograph of a band marching east down Butler Street, Tully, on the occasion of the Queensland Centenary celebrations (1859 - 1959). Onlookers watch from the pavements. Banners and bunting are strung across the street

EJ Banfield and his wife commenced life on Dunk Island in 1897. They lived in tents while they built a one-roomed cedar hut. Their second home, pictured here in the late 1930s, was a more substantial house

Photograph of the home of E.J. Banfield (The Beachcomber) and Mrs Banfield, Dunk Island. It became part of the tourist resort. The people on the veranda are members of the Flegler family and friends

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

Photograph of the Banyan Creek railway bridge

Colour photographic postcard, probably from the late-1920s. It shows the railway bridge over Banyan Creek which carried the tracks to the Tully sugar mill site. The publisher, E.H. Malin, was a bookseller in the new town of Tully. Ernest Malin also served as a Cardwell Shire Councillor in the 1930s

An original sepia photograph taken of a group of pioneers from the days of Banyan settlement. Includes men, women and children possibly on an outing or picnic. The three children in front may be Dulcie Hoban, Syd French and Irene French

Photograph shows 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