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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

Photo of a timber truck loaded with logs at Murray Upper ready to transport the logs to Lawsons’ Sawmill in Tully. The five men shown worked in the timber industry

Sepia photo of a timber truck near Gillespie Creek, Murray Upper. Milky Pine logs are loaded on the back of the truck. Possibly Ron Flegler on right: he was contract timber getter here

Photo of two shacks that are part of a timber-getters’ camp at the North Murray River in about 1940. Ron Flegler and Walter Vitti had the contract to supply timber from this area to Stand Ply Mill at Kennedy

Colour photograph of the Tully mill golf course with the sugar mill in the background. This is identified as the fourth fairway. The golf club commenced in 1927, using a cow paddock beside the sugar mill which they improved over the years. This course closed in 1981 and a new course opened at the Tully Country Club

Sepia photograph of a short wooden jetty and small boat at Dunk Island, possibly Brammo Bay

Tully State school pupils taken in the 1940s. No names were provided with this image

Black and white photograph of a parade at Cardwell. The band is marching north up Victoria Street past the police station and old shire hall. Thought to be an Anzac Day in the 1940s

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