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Sepia photograph of Trooper Harry Curtis who grew up in Murray Upper, enlisted in early 1915 and served at Gallipoli and the Middle East in the First World War. He served on Cardwell Shire Council and also joined the VDC in the Second World War. His name appears on the Honour Roll in Cardwell and Curtis Street, Tully was named after him

Sepia original photograph shows the five children of Thomas and May Butler, who lived at Murray Upper from 1902, having previously lived at the Cardwell Post & Telegraph Office. Photo taken in May 1914

Photograph of Superintendent John Kenny's house built at the Hull River Settlement. The quarters were completed by the end of 1914. 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

Silkwood School opened on 28th August, 1916, with eleven pupils registered. The first Head Teacher was Miss Hannah Hogan (from Mackay). By the end of 1916 there were 24 pupils on the roll

Photograph shows shops along the main street of Banyan settlement, the forerunner of Tully, located on the east side of Banyan Creek near to the present High School

Black and white copy print of Eddie Garner Jnr. with a horse team hauling timber at Silkwood. The horse team belonged to his father, Edward Garner, who first settled at Cardwell in 1900 and moved to Bingil Bay in 1909 to work with the Cutten Brothers. He chose a block of land at the beach now known as Garners Beach

Panoramic hand coloured photograph, c1920s - 1930s. Taken from the western (town) side of the river, near the confluence of the North Johnstone and South Johnstone Rivers. Houses in East Innsifail are visible on the far side of the bridge. To the left of the image there is a tramline and jetty. An unidentified woman is standing next to the bridge

Sepia photo showing Peter and Ellen Flegler with their children in 1920. Born at Toowoomba, Peter moved to the Tablelands as a young man, and moved with wife Ellen to Tully after 1918. He had a cane farm at Bulgun Creek and was a Board of Directors member for the Sugar Mill for 20 years

Sepia photograph of a boat being rowed on the Hull River with four people on board. The forested bank they are rowing towards is visible behind them

Terence and Ann O'Loghlen came north to settle on a cane farm at South Johnstone in 1921 but moved to Lower Tully in 1925. Terence was one of the original suppliers of cane to Tully Mill for its first crushing