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Sepia photograph of the first road bridge on the northern highway over the Murray River. This bridge dates from the 1920s. A new bridge was built in the late 1960s, and later the highway was re-aligned

Black and white photograph of children in front of the Riversdale School. This school, situated on Davidson Road, opened in May 1953 as a one teacher school and closed on 23rd August 1968

Photo of the coconut trees at the Dunk Island resort. EJ Banfield planted a number of these and the Morris family planted several more

Hand coloured photograph of the original Cardwell court and customs house, built between 1873 and 1874 on Victoria Street on the site where the police station currently stands. This double storey building was damaged by a cyclone in 1890 and eventually removed and replaced by a smaller building

Photograph of the original home built by Edward Thomas Garner and his wife Edith, at Garners Beach. The beach was named after the Garner family: Edward Thomas Garner purchased his property here in 1910. Members of the Garner family are on the truck, while Mrs Shaw is at the wheel of the car. Mrs Shaw was Edward Christian Garner's mother-in-law

Black & white copy print of the original jetty at Dunk island.The jetty was built in the mid-1930s

Black and white photograph of the original Murray River Upper State School building, which was constructed in 2004 and was replaced in 1950. It was destroyed by fire in 1955. To the right is the play shed, built by parents and community members soon after the school first opened

Sepia photograph of the recently constructed road from El Arish to Mission Beach (Clump Point). This Public Estates Improvement (P.E.I.) road was officially opened in July 1936. Tree stumps and logs lie beside the road. A small utility truck is parked along the track

Sepia photograph of the three sons of Margaret and William Pershouse, who came to the Cardwell district from Gladstone in 1880. They built a family home at 'Glenwarn' (located within the junction of Meunga and Kennedy Creeks). The brothers were to own a timber mill at Carruchan which later belonged to Brown & Broad Ltd

Black & white photograph of the Pershouse home. William and Margaret Pershouse came to the Cardwell district in the late 1880s, selecting a property near the Meunga and Kennedy Creeks which they called "Glenwarn". Hilda Pershouse was one of their eight children