Photo%20Collection

Photograph of Freeman Lawrence, who came to Cardwell with his family by 1884. He selected the property "Murrigal" at Murray Upper by 1891 where he lived until selling the property to William Wade by 1905, and leaving the district. He was Chairman of Cardwell Divisional Board in 1901

Sepia photograph of the home of Thomas and May Butler which was located at Murray Upper. The small building on the left is the post office. The building next to it is the original slab hut built by Leopold Stamp in the 1880s, which he called Blechynden but which the Butlers changed to Fringford when they bought the property

Photograph of the home of Thomas and May Butler at Murray Upper. The left hand section of the home is the original Black Bean slab hut built by Leopold Stamp in c.1884. It had an ant-bed floor and a shingled roof. Butlers added further rooms after they bought the property

Photograph of the home of Thomas and May Butler which was located at Murray Upper. They moved from Cardwell to Murray Upper in 1902. Originally this property was called Blechynden by Leopold Stamp but which the Butlers changed the name to Fringford

Photograph of Garners (Garner's) Beach, looking north, un-dated. The beach was named after the Garner family. Edward Thomas Garner purchased a property here in 1910

Sepia copy photograph of George William Morris and his wife, Violet Emily (née Maidment). George and his wife and family lived on Orpheus island in the 1930s and then Dunk Island from 1934

The Morrises were involved with the resort on Orpheus Island and then Dunk Island before finally retiring to Tully

Photograph of a Gipsy Moth plane taken on the air strip that became the Tully Aerodrome. Joy flights in this plane were provided in the 1930s by Clem Howard

Sepia photograph. Streetscape of Grace Street, Innisfail (looking south east from Rankin Street, towards the Johnstone River). Taken in the aftermath of the cyclone that made landfall on the 10th March 1918. The Imperial Hotel is identifiable to the left of the image

Sepia photograph. Streetscape of Grace Street, Innisfail (looking west), in the aftermath of the cycone that made landfall on the 10th March 1918. Image shows a large uprooted tree and damaged buildings in the middle and background, including the Roman Catholic Church on the hill