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Sepia original photograph of the Marine Hotel, Victoria Street, Cardwell. Originally a single storey building dating from 1871, it was extended in 1877. It served the community well but was demolished and replaced by a new hotel-motel building which was officially opened in November 1967

Colour photograph of the plaque on the commemorative cairn at South Mission Beach. It was unveiled on 23 May 1948 as part of the celebrations for the centenary of Edmund Kennedy's exploration. The cairn is located 2 miles north of where Kennedy landed, on a reserve then named the Kennedy Memorial Park

Copy print of the buildings provided for the construction workers building the Koombooloomba Dam as part of the Tully River Hydro-electric power scheme. Over 900 people lived here during the construction period. The mens’ barracks are in the foreground

Black and white photograph of the new Methodist Church on the corner of Watkins and McQuillen Streets, Tully. This building was dedicated on 24 November 1956. Adjacent, the manse was the first Methodist church building, brought to Tully from Chillagoe in 1927

Black and white photograph of the Methodist Church building at El Arish. This building was dedicated on 24 May 1959

Black and white photograph of the Murray Falls with a group of people on the rocks at the base. From the Butler family collection: the people are possibly members of the Thomas Butler family of Murray Upper

Black and white original photograph of the National Bank of Australasia building (later the National Australia Bank), located on Butler Street adjacent to the Post Office. The National Bank moved into this concrete building in 1928

Sepia photograph of a vehicle parked on the new road to Googarra Beach, with several people standing nearby. Googarra Beach lies between Tully Heads and Hull Heads. The Hull Road was developed by Cardwell Shire Council during the depression years of the 1930s

Copy of a photograph of St Rita's Catholic Church, under construction at Feluga in 1935. The foundation stone was laid in May by Bishop Heavey, and the new church was blessed and opened on 14 July. The church was closed in 1984, and sold in 1992. It was then converted into units

Copy print showing the construction of the road bridge over the Tully River at the Tully Gorge near Cardstone, photographed in 1952. The hydro-electric power scheme on the Tully River was completed in the 1950s. The bridge was upgraded in association with the power plant construction