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Sepia original photograph of the Cardwell Shire Council chambers, 34 Bryant Street, with some members of the Council and staff. The photo dates from c.1936-1939

Black and white photograph of champion show horse "Captain", with Mick and Kath O'Kane at the 1936 Tully Show

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 shows the newly constructed road from El Arish to the beach. The Public Estates Improvement (P.E.I.) road between El Arish and Bingil Bay was officially opened in July 1936. Possibly the Muff Creek crossing

Sepia photograph of Cardwell Railway Refreshment Rooms staff, 1936, standing outside the station building.In the war years that followed, the refreshment rooms staff were called on to provide meals to numerous servicemen as the troop trains usually stopped in Cardwell

Sepia photograph of the Cardwell Railway staff in 1936, including the Station Master. The photo was taken outside the station building

Black and white photograph of the new Tully State School building under construction in 1936 after the original school on this Mars Street site burnt down in 1935

Black and white photograph of Tully Push-bike Racing Club members preparing to set off on a race in c.1937. Behind them, Swaysland's fruit and vegetable store was on the corner of Bryant and Butler Streets (later became Nick & Jean's store)

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

Black & white photograph of El Arish State School, which was established as Maria Creek School in 1922. The original enrolment of 5 pupils had grown to 50 by 1927, and 70 by 1930. New buildings were added over the years