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Copy print showing the old saw bench in use on Dunk island in the 1930s. The saw was run by the tractor, which was also the tractor used to clear an area on Dunk for the aerodrome in 1937. Hugo Brassey arranged for the construction of the aerodrome. It was later extended by the RAAF in World War II

Black and white photograph of canecutters on Butler Street on sign-on day in the late 1920s. The large building is the Broadway Theatre, which was demolished in the 1970s. At the start of the cane season the men would sign-on for a cane-cutting gang

Sepia photograph of a steam train at the Cardwell station in the 1920s. The small station building is in the rear left and some tents, possibly for construction workers, are to the right. The North Coast Railway line through from Townsville to Cairns was finally officially opened in December 1924 when the Daradgee bridge over the Johnstone River was completed

Sepia photograph of a steam train crossing a flooded river in the Ingham-Tully district, possibly the Herbert River. Debris is caught along the track to the right

Sepia photograph of a steam train in the Ingham-Tully district with three men

Photograph of a sugar-cane locomotive hauling bins full of cut cane across the tramway bridge over Hogan's Creek. The tramway line linked the El Arish canefields with the Tully Sugar Mill

Photograph of a tractor and fertilizer spreader on Andy Sorbello’s sugar cane farm at Silky Oak in 1973

Black and white photograph of a holiday-makers seated on a lawn which forms part of the resort, Dunk Island, probably in the 1940s. The famous Beachcomber, E.J. Banfield, called Dunk Island his "Tropic Isle"

Sepia photo of a timber truck crossing the Davidson Creek bridge. Ron Flegler was a timber contractor in the 1930s and 1940s

Colour photograph of coconut palms on Dunk Island and view through to the ocean