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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

Black and white photograph of the new R.S.L. club rooms on Bryant Street, Tully, under construction in 1956. The builder was W. Sorensen. The building was erected at a cost of £12,500 but with the land and equipment the total value was £17,000. The new building was officially opened on 15 December 1956

Sepia photograph of Brooks’ bullock team pulling logs across the Tully River at Glen Tyson. The logs would be loaded onto Ron Flegler’s timber truck for transportation to the sawmill

Black and white photographic postcard of tourist accommodation chalet at the Dunk Island resort, probably in the 1940s. The resort was intended to be in harmony with the natural surroundings