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Black and white photograph of the memorial to George Tucker, one of the leaders of the survey party which located the route up the Kirrama Range at Kennedy despite great difficulties. He drowned in Jarra Creek (near Tully) in 1938

Sepia photo of a timber truck near Gillespie Creek, Murray Upper. Milky Pine logs are loaded on the back of the truck. Possibly Ron Flegler on right: he was contract timber getter here

Sepia photograph of Miss Florence Rhoda Butler, known as "Durdie" at the Tully Show, possibly in the 1950s. The Butler family lived at Murray Upper, on a property named "Fringford"

Sepia photograph of Miss Marion D'Arcy, first teacher at Cardwell Provisional School. She was the School Principal from 1st October 1870 to 25th July 1873

Photograph of The Tully-Mission Beach Road. A small utility is travelling along the unsealed surface which is boggy and wet

Sepia photograph of the S.L.S.C. building on Kennedy Esplanade, South Mission Beach. The building was used during WW2 at Battle Creek on the Atherton Tableland and was brought to the Beach by trucks in c.1950. It was destroyed by fire c.1972 after it had been sold for a residential block. The Lifesavers were operating before the war and started up again after the war. It was a popular pastime in the 1960s

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

Photograph of Mount Tyson Hotel on Butler Street. The business was built by Demosthenes Syrmiss in 1926 but this hotel was also the scene of a tragic fire in 1929 after which it was rebuilt

Photograph of Mount Tyson Hotel on Butler Street in 1952. The business was built by Demosthenes Syrmiss in 1926 but this hotel was also the scene of a tragic fire in 1929 after which it was rebuilt

“Mountain View” was the home of Laurie Anderssen and family in the Kennedy Valley