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Copy print of children performing a maypole dance at Koombooloomba School in the 1950s. The school served the children of construction workers building the Koombooloomba Dam as part of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme

Black & white photograph showing view of Johnstone River, Innisfail, with sampans/punts loaded with bananas in foreground. Docks or jetty and some buildings visible on adjacent bank

Black & white photograph showing Chinese workers unloading bananas from sampans/punts onto the ship "Carroo", Johnstone River. The "Carroo" was registered with the Adelaide Steamship Co. in 1897

Photograph of Butler Street, the main street of Tully decorated with palm fronds for Christmas in about 1930

Black and white photograph of the main street of Tully (Butler Street) decorated with palm fronds for Christmas in the 1930s. A number of cars are parked along the street

Copy print showing the area being cleared for an airstrip on Dunk Island. Hugo Brassey commenced planning the aerodrome in 1938. An old McCormick Deering T20 tractor which had tracks was used, and also hand tools including axes and cross-cut saws. Eventually the strip reached a length of 1000 yards

Sepia photograph of the avenue of coconut palms and the visitor accommodation, Dunk Island in the 1940s

Print of the Koombooloomba Dam under construction in the 1950s. The dam above the Tully Falls is part of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme. It was completed in 1960, with a length of 399 meters and a height of 40 meters

The new Tully State School building was constructed after the original school on this site burnt down in 1935. The new school was completed in 1938. This image shows “Curly” McQuillan, one of the builders, at the site

Photograph of a group of children on the steps of St Clare’s convent school in the late 1930s. The girls are dressed as angels for an event at the school