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Group of Aboriginal men, women and children. Some of the men carry spears; some of the men are adorned with traditional body paint and tribal marks (scarification on the torso)

Black & white photograph showing an aerial view of the Basilisk Range. Cane fields and the township of Moresby in the foreground

Black & white photograph. Aerial view of Basilisk Range and surrounding farmland

Black & white photograph. Aerial view of Basilisk Range and surrounding farmland taken from Henderson Drive. Small settlements just visible in foreground, and South Johnstone Mill visible in background on left side of image

Photograph of Albert Bryant. He lived at Mission Beach prior to enlisting in the A.I.F. in January 1916. He was killed in action in France in 1917. His name appears on the Honour Roll in Cardwell and Bryant Street, Tully was named after him

A photograph of Alex Azar’s van parked in front of a house in Tully in the 1930s. The writing on the side of the van states: “Alex Azar Mercer Tully”. This is probably Plumb Street where Alex and his wife, Sarina, and family, lived

Alf and Jack Perkins owned the property north of Murray Upper School where they had a Palomino horse stud which did not prosper. They died in c.1918

Sepia photograph of a section of Big Maria Creek showing a house on the left on the high creek bank. Debris, possibly from clearing, lies in the shallow creek

Black and white photograph of Dunk Island from the air, probably in the 1940s. Edmund Banfield, the famous Beachcomber who lived on Dunk from 1897 to his death in 1923, recorded that the Aboriginal name for the isle was Coonanglebah. A resort was established here by Hugo Brassey in the 1930s. During WW2 Dunk Island was annexed by the RAAF and became home to secret radar equipment

Sepia photograph of an occasion at the new Roman Catholic Church of St Clare’s, Tully, possibly the official opening. St Clare’s was officially opened on Sunday 8th August, 1926