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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

Photograph of Banyan settlement which sprang up as the new railway line was constructed, and the proposed sugar mill went ahead. The new town to be named Tully was surveyed to the west of the railway on the other side of Banyan Creek

Sepia photographic postcard of 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

Sepia photograph of Bert Phillips, lathe operator, beside a Kauri Pine log. Bert worked at the Kennedy Standply sawmill and plymill for almost 30 years till the mill closed down in 1973 on its sale to Foxwood. Phillips also served in the RAAF in the Second World War

Photograph of an ambulance vehicle in Tully in 1929. Two ambulance officers are seated in the car, and a third man named Bill Hall is leaning on the driver’s door. An Ambulance Sub-centre was established in Tully in 1925

Sepia photograph of Bingil Bay beach and headland, looking south. The unsurfaced road which follows the coast can be seen to the right. The remains of a breakwater, possibly the Cuttens Brothers' wharf can be seen above the water

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

Photograph shows the un-surfaced road and single lane bridge that was opened on the Bingil Bay Road in 1936

Photograph of the Bryant Street area in 1926. On the right, the Q.A.T.B. (Ambulance) building is under construction. Behind can be seen the Tully Mill houses on the west side of the street. The huts in the foreground lie on what is now Writ Lane (behind the current library and civic Centre)