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Photo shows some of the official party at the unveiling of the Kennedy Memorial cairn at South Mission Beach. It was unveiled on 23 May 1948 as part of the celebrations for the centenary of Edmund Kennedy's exploration. The cairn is located 2 miles north of where Kennedy landed, on a reserve then named the Kennedy Memorial Park

Sepia original photograph of Victoria Street, Cardwell, looking north. The Marine Hotel is on the left. The tops of the three coconut palms on the foreshore were shot off in 1942 by service personnel who were in Cardwell to salvage a Hudson Bomber that crashed in the Hinchinbrook Channel

Sepia original photograph shows Victoria Street and foreshore. Creagh's general store on left. Tom Petersen in foreground

Sepia photograph of Butler Street, the main street of Tully, looking east with the Post Office on the right. The street is lined with cars

Photo of Walter Vitti snigging a log at the North Murray River. Vitti and Ron Flegler were the contractors who supplied the Stand Ply Mill at Kennedy. The timber cutters working with them were Jack Flegler and Eric Moller

Photo of Walter Vitti snigging a log at the North Murray River to the loading area where logs were loaded onto a truck and transported to the Stand Ply Mill at Kennedy

Black and white photograph of the wooden bridge over the Murray River on the Warrami Road. A utility truck is crossing the bridge. This bridge was subject to flooding and was replaced in the 1990s

Robert La Mont Atkinson was the grandson of pioneer James Atkinson who first came to North Queensland in 1864, while Ruth Collins was the daughter of Edgar and Mary Collins. Kirrama Station was in the Collins family from 1896 until 1972

Sepia photograph taken in the aftermath of the cyclone that made landfall on the 10th March, 1918. Buildings in the background include the White Horse Hotel, though it is not identifiable from this view. Photograph possibly taken from the northern end of Owen Street looking south-east, and the buildings are presumed to be facing Edith Street, Innisfail

William Alcock Tully emigrated from Ireland to Tasmania in 1847. He worked as a surveyor and moved to Queensland in 1861. He was one of the first party to land at Rockingham Bay in 1864 to establish the new town of Cardwell. The Tully River was named after him, and the town of Tully was named after the river in 1924