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Sepia photograph of Bert Phillips, lathe operator, beside a Kauri Pine log. Bert worked at the Kennedy Standply sawmill and plymill for almost 30 years till the mill closed down in 1973 on its sale to Foxwood. Phillips also served in the RAAF in the Second World War

Photograph of an ambulance vehicle in Tully in 1929. Two ambulance officers are seated in the car, and a third man named Bill Hall is leaning on the driver’s door. An Ambulance Sub-centre was established in Tully in 1925

Sepia photograph of Bingil Bay beach and headland, looking south. The unsurfaced road which follows the coast can be seen to the right. The remains of a breakwater, possibly the Cuttens Brothers' wharf can be seen above the water

Black and white photograph of boats on the Hull River, near the mouth of the river. Mangroves along the shore can be seen in the background

Photo of the log bridge over the North Murray River in about 1940. It was used by timber contractors snigging logs out for loading onto trucks

Photo of the log bridge over the North Murray River in about 1940. It was used by timber contractors snigging logs out for loading onto trucks

Photograph shows the un-surfaced road and single lane bridge that was opened on the Bingil Bay Road in 1936

Photograph of the Bryant Street area in 1926. On the right, the Q.A.T.B. (Ambulance) building is under construction. Behind can be seen the Tully Mill houses on the west side of the street. The huts in the foreground lie on what is now Writ Lane (behind the current library and civic Centre)

Hugo Brassey purchased the Dunk Island resort in 1935. This image shows the first posts erected for the building of his house. The Morris family and staff built the house

Photograph of road building machinery during the building of the Lower Tully Road. One of the men is George Hunt. The Lower Tully section of the Main Roads developmental road from Tully town to Lower Tully was commenced in the late 1920s. Messrs Pershouse and Hunt were first contracted for the works in 1927