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Photograph of “Tomboy”, the first of Jim Butler’s boats. Jim and Margaret Butler started a shipping service from Brammo Bay, Dunk Island, to the Hull River. When this boat became too small they bought the “Silver Quay”

Black and white photograph of Tully Post Office on the corner of Butler and Bryant Streets. This building housed the post office between 1930 and 1958. The National Bank can be seen to the left

Sepia original photograph of Victoria Street, Cardwell, looking north. The Marine Hotel is on the left. The tops of the three coconut palms on the foreshore were shot off in 1942 by service personnel who were in Cardwell to salvage a Hudson Bomber that crashed in the Hinchinbrook Channel

Photograph of a group on Bedarra Island in 1931. At this time sugar workers would make semi-permanent camps on the island during the off season of the cane industry. A radio is on a table is in the middle of the scene

Photograph of Hotel Tully in the main street, Butler Street, taken in about 1933. Known as the "Top Pub", the original licencees were Michael (Mick) and Patrick (Pat) Mullins, twins who migrated from Ireland in 1911

The cenotaph on the foreshore at Cardwell was erected after the Great War. This photo also shows the remains of Cardwell's second jetty with loading equipment on the end of the jetty. The jetty shed is visible behind the war memorial

Black and white photographic copy showing the Tully-Feluga bus in the 1930s. Arthur Strako drove this bus for a time

Black and white photograph of Tully State School (Mars Street) and pupils. Dating from 1925, this school building burnt down in 1935 and was replaced with the current heritage listed building

Sepia photograph of canecutters taking a break for a photograph in the cane paddock. Seven men from a cutting gang stand in front of the cane stools with trash from already cut cane in front of them

Sepia photograph of a horse jumping event at the Tully Show, thought to be the first annual show, held in 1934. A banner in the centre advertises Tully Motors