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Black & white photograph of El Arish State School, which was established as Maria Creek School in 1922. The original enrolment of 5 pupils had grown to 50 by 1927, and 70 by 1930. New buildings were added over the years

Photograph shows the newly constructed road from El Arish to the beach. The Public Estates Improvement (P.E.I.) road between El Arish and Bingil Bay was officially opened in July 1936. Possibly the Muff Creek crossing

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 a Buick automobile with Mrs Ellen Flegler and her son, Ron, standing beside it. Taken in the Tully area, in the early 1930s

Photograph of Mrs Ellen Flegler with her son, Ron, and his wife Nita at the Tully Show

Sepia photograph of two people (un-named) on Dunk Island. Some of the chalets which accommodated visitors in the 1940s can be seen in the rear

Ernest Brooke and his father, Edward, farmed on the Tully River in the 1880s. Edward Reginald Brooke managed Tyson's estates before taking up land of his own. The father and son also operated a sailing boat to take their produce to Cardwell for shipment south. The Brooke family sold their interests in 1911

Photograph of part of Euramo township showing the hotel with the old hall on the right. Flood waters from the flooded Tully River surround the buildings

Photograph of Euramo Hotel in about the 1930s. This building was built in 1928 but burnt down in August 1971. The licensees at the time of the fire were Alf and Olga Beltrame. A new building was soon constructed on the site

Photograph of Euramo Hotel with flood waters from the flooded Tully River surrounding it. Unknown people in the doorway, and an old caravan stranded in the background. The original Euramo Hotel was opened in 1928. A fire in 1971 destroyed the hotel, which was replaced by a more modern building