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Sepia photograph of the arrival by plane of Prime Minster J. Lyons and party at Riversdale aerodrome. Cr Brice Henry and Mrs Henry welcomed the party at a brief stop on their way to Cairns. Mr Lyons inspected the coastal fattening area and several hundred head of bullocks

Photograph of Sam and Phillip Moschella outside Sam’s shop, which was located at the lower end of Butler Street, Tully. The family lived at the rear of the business. Later the Golden Gumboot Café operated from these premises

Copy print showing the area being cleared for an airstrip on Dunk Island. Hugo Brassey commenced planning the aerodrome in 1938. The airstrip was completed in 1939 and the first fully loaded plane landed on 10 July 1939

Photograph of children in the scholarship class, Tully State School, 1938. This photograph taken in front of the new school which replaced the original building on Mars Street which burnt down in November 1935

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

Photograph of Father Hogan with children who have attended their first communion at St Clare’s Catholic Church, Tully in 1940. The girls wear the traditional white dresses and veils and the boys wear their best suits. The photo was taken outside the church

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

Photo of a timber truck loaded with logs at Murray Upper ready to transport the logs to Lawsons’ Sawmill in Tully. The five men shown worked in the timber industry