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Photograph of Sam Moschella at the door of his shop. The bootmaker and saddler business was located at the lower end of Butler Street, Tully. The family lived at the rear of the shop. Later the Golden Gumboot Café operated from these premises

Photograph of Chinese banana growers with bunches from their smaller craft alongside a larger vessel on the Tully River. There were numerous Chinese growers along the Tully River from the 1890s, and about 400 at the peak from 1905 to 1908. The First World War caused shipping to southern markets to be disrupted and most of the Chinese gardeners departed

Photograph of Bryant Street looking south from the Morris Street corner. The photo shows the offices of Cardwell Shire Council with the Q.A.T.B. (Ambulance) building adjacent

Black & white copy print of Silkwood East, 1926, with the railway line in the foreground. The Hotel Silkwood can be seen to the right, and a cash store to the left

Silkwood School opened on 28th August, 1916, with eleven pupils registered. The first Head Teacher was Miss Hannah Hogan (from Mackay). By the end of 1916 there were 24 pupils on the roll

Black and white photograph of Silky Oak Creek School building, taken in 1951. This school opened on 1st November 1940. It was located on the western side of the northern highway at Silky Oak. The school closed on 31st December 1974 and the building was used by the Queensland Main Roads Department as offices for a time

Photograph of the old shop on the north bank of the Tully River at Lower Tully run by Sing Hop & Co. It was located on the property of Tom Elston when photographed here in 1975. Many Chinese banana growers came to the Tully River in the late 19th and early 20th century, and some of the Chinese also set up shops

An early photograph of some of Cardwell's council officers, taken on the steps of the Cardwell Shire Hall in 1925. This building is the former Cardwell Divisional Board Hall, built 1892-3

Black and white photograph of South Mission Beach with the lifesaver's tower and a lifesaver sitting up on the tower. Children are playing on the beach. The photo is not dated

Photograph of people at Flying Fish Point watching speed boat races. Three speed boats are visible on the right near the horizon. The locals are thought to have arrived on the boat “Wanderer”. Two sugar lighters are anchored nearby