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Sepia original photograph of the original Cardwell Divisional Board Hall which became the Cardwell Shire Hall. Located at 51 Victoria Street, it was built in 1892. It was refurbished in 1988 but was severely damaged by Cyclone Yasi in 2011 and subsequently rebuilt

Black and white photograph of Mr Jim Kirk and two children, seated on horse and rig. The horse "Darky" and Rig was an award winner at the Innisfail Show (ribbon around horse's neck). Jim Kirk was the owner of Kirk's Aerated Water and Cordial Factory (c.1910 - 1918). He was married to Eva Kirk (nee Graham), who later became Mrs W. Hewett. [from description on back of photo]

Sepia original photograph of a group of tennis players, Cardwell, in 1910

Sepia photograph of three of the Cutten brothers, who pioneered the Bingil Bay area from the 1880s. On their property, Bicton, they grew many tropical fruits including pineapples. They also built a sawmill which prospered from the abundance of local timber

Sepia photograph of pupils at Murray River Upper State School. The date on the board is obscured, but it is believed to be 1914. The school opened in 1904 as a provisional school and became a state school in 1909

Sepia original photographic post card of Cardwell Tennis Club members seated on the bank of Brickkiln Creek, Cardwell (now Roma Street), in c.1912

The image is of Winnie, Violet and Dilly Boy. Dilly Boy showed Surveyor Smith the gap through the Walter Hill Range that the North Coast Railway took. He was presented with an engraved brass plate as "King Dilly Boy of Banyan."

Black & white photograph of the Adelaide Steamship Company's "SS Tully" loading produce on the Tully River in 1912. This company maintained a wharf at Lower Tully

The Maria Creek wharf was located about 2 miles upstream from the river mouth. A sawmill tramway from the wharf to Japoonvale was also used by Chinese growers to transport their bananas to the wharf as seen on this image, where "S.S. Seymour" is loading. The Adelaide Steamship Company shed can be seen to the left centre

Photograph of cleared land at Hull River Aboriginal settlement, 1914. This land was cleared for citrus orchards, bananas, pineapples and other crops. Aboriginal people continued to be moved to the settlement from 1914 until March 1918, when a devastating cyclone destroyed the settlement. It was not re-established