Photo%20Collection

Black and white photograph of the railway station at El Arish. The North Coast railway line was constructed north from Townsville at the same time as it was being built southwards from Cairns. It was finally completed in December 1924. The section from Innisfail to El Arish was completed on 18th December, 1922, and the El Arish to Feluga section was completed on 3rd December, 1923 and opened for public traffic

Sepia photograph of a Buick automobile with Mrs Ellen Flegler and her son, Ron, standing beside it. Taken in the Tully area, in the early 1930s

Photograph of Euramo Hotel in about the 1930s. This building was built in 1928 but burnt down in August 1971. The licensees at the time of the fire were Alf and Olga Beltrame. A new building was soon constructed on the site

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 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

Taken in the 1930s, this is a photograph of a team of two horses pulling several trucks (cane bins) loaded with hand-cut sugar cane. One worker is holding the reins and there are no tracks. The location is the Tully district. Trash can be seen in the paddock

Photograph of members of the Irish Club of Tully, taken in front of the Savoy, Plumb Street, where meetings were held. It was taken in the early 1930s

Photograph of Murray Upper School with pupils and teacher on the front veranda. The students' hats are on hooks near the window. The water tank can be seen at the side of the small corrugated iron building. The pupils are un-named and the date is thought to be in the 1930s

Sepia original photograph shows Thomas Ormond (Ormy) Butler riding his horse ahead of a large number of cattle travelling down a dirt road. The Butler family lived at Murray Upper from 1902

Sepia photograph of Percy Benn's home near Maria Creek, in the 1930s. Percy Benn was one of the original soldier settlers at El Arish and one of the first to plant cane. When first built, this house was extremely modern and "new look" in design. Sugar cane is growing near the house and a utility truck is parked close by