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Black and white photograph of the second jetty at Cardwell. The original jetty (built in 1872) was located out from near the old telegraph office and was destroyed by a cyclone. The jetty in this image, built near where the current jetty is now found, was itself damaged by the cyclone of 1918 and reduced in length

Black and white photograph of the Pipe Band leading the May Day (Labour holiday) parade in 1948. In the 1940s a procession of floats moved from the Shire Hall on Bryant Street, down Butler Street to the show grounds. Children's events and an adult sports programme completed the celebrations

Black and white photograph of a diesel locomotive at Cardwell railway station. Diesel locomotives were introduced by Queensland Rail to regional areas in the 1950s

‘Scholarship Year’: Grade 7 Tully State school pupils, 1949

Sepia photograph of the inside of the Tully Mill Garage with staff and machinery. Possibly in about 1949

Sepia photograph of the inside of the Tully Mill Garage with staff and machinery. Possibly in about 1949

Photograph of a concert or theatrical event, possibly a nativity scene, at St Clare’s convent school in the 1950s. Children are seated on the stage, and some of the audience can be seen (their backs to the camera) and include nuns and church officials

Sepia photograph of a group of local Cardwell and district residents on the beach at Cardwell. The paling fence around the swimming enclosure can be seen to the left, with the tide out. This was located on the beach across from the school from c.1929 to the 1950s

Copy print of a small waterfall entering the Tully River, Tully Gorge. This photo was taken at the time the bridge over the river at Cardstone was being constructed in the early 1950s

Copy print of children performing a maypole dance at Koombooloomba School in the 1950s. The school served the children of construction workers building the Koombooloomba Dam as part of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme