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Black and white photograph of floods across the Bruce Highway at the Murray River. The floodway sign is on the left

Copy print showing the cable car at the Kareeya Power Station. The cable car travelled 1.2km, rising 0.2km, allowing access between the power station and Koombooloomba Dam

Photograph of the Cardwell Fire Station, taken in 1966. Standing in front arr representative members of the Fire Board and Firemen (in uniform and wearing their fireman’s hats)

Black and white photograph of the second jetty at Cardwell. The original jetty (built in 1872) was located out from near the old telegraph office and was destroyed by a cyclone. The jetty in this image, built near where the current jetty is now found, was itself damaged by the cyclone of 1918 and reduced in length

Black and white photograph of the Cardwell Post Office, Balliol Street view, possibly in the 1930s-1940s. A small car is parked near the entrance. The kitchen can be seen to the right of the main building

Original photo of the marble honour roll erected on the stage of the Cardwell Hall after the First World War, officially unveiled in 1922 by Premier E.G. Theodore. It recognises the service of men and women of the district, 1914 – 1919. The hall was the location of the Shire Council offices at the time

Original photo of the Cardwell cenotaph erected on the Cardwell foreshore near the jetty. This “Soldiers’ monument” was officially unveiled by Governor of Queensland, Sir Mathew Nathan, in July 1921. The original marble plaque on the base commemorates H.R. Butler and A. Bryant, residents of the district who died on active service during WW1. Further commemorative plaques were added after WW2 and more recent conflicts

Sepia original photograph shows the five children of Thomas and May Butler, who lived at Murray Upper from 1902, having previously lived at the Cardwell Post & Telegraph Office. Photo taken in May 1914

Sepia photograph of the catholic church at Lower Tully. It was blessed and opened on 11 August, 1935. It became known as the Chapel of the Pioneers from 1992

Photograph of the Commonwealth Bank, Tully, on the corner of Bryant Street and Watkins Street where the original building stood for many years before being replaced by a modern brick building