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Colour photograph of banana plants in the Kennedy Valley blown over by the tropical cyclone that struck North Queensland on Christmas Eve, 1971. This was Cyclone Althea which devastated Townsville

Photograph of Chinese banana growers loading bunches from their smaller craft onto the "Barratta". The banana trade on the Johnstone River thrived in the years before the First World War. The "Barratta" was an iron steamship registered to Burns Philp & Co. Ltd, based in Townsville, in 1892

Photograph of the home of E.J. Banfield (The Beachcomber) and Mrs Banfield, Dunk Island. It became part of the tourist resort. The people on the veranda are members of the Flegler family and friends

Black and white photograph of boats on the Hull River, near the mouth of the river. Mangroves along the shore can be seen in the background

Photograph of road building machinery during the building of the Lower Tully Road. One of the men is George Hunt. The Lower Tully section of the Main Roads developmental road from Tully town to Lower Tully was commenced in the late 1920s. Messrs Pershouse and Hunt were first contracted for the works in 1927

Sepia photograph of Brooks’ bullock team pulling logs across the Tully River at Glen Tyson. The logs would be loaded onto Ron Flegler’s timber truck for transportation to the sawmill

Black and white photographic postcard of tourist accommodation chalet at the Dunk Island resort, probably in the 1940s. The resort was intended to be in harmony with the natural surroundings

Sepia photograph of the Butler Brothers' bus. Following the completion of the Tully - Hull River Developmental Road, the Butler Brothers commenced a combined motor bus and motor launch service from Tully to Dunk Island. The service commenced in December 1931 and was popular for Sunday picnics. Along the side of the bus can be seen: "Googarra Beach"

Colour photograph of the commemorative cairn near the jetty at Cardwell which commemorates the first party of non-indigenous people to settle at Rockingham Bay. They arrived on 21st January 1864. In 1964 the Cardwell Shire centenary celebrations included a re-enactment of the first landing and the unveiling of this monument by Sir Henry Abel-Smith, Governor of Queensland

Black & white photograph showing typical example of cane barracks, purpose built accommodation for itinerant cane cutters. This building has three separate sleeping quarters and a communal kitchen/dining area at the rear of the building