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Black and white photograph of the partially completed chimney during the construction of the new sugar mill at the site which became Tully

The construction of the Tully Sugar Mill began in 1924. This image from June 1925 shows the partially completed boiler house on the right. The first crush commenced on 5 November 1925

Black and white photograph of the main street of Tully in 1926 (later named Butler Street). The Hotel Tully was under construction (on the right). The large water tank on the left was the town water supply

Taken in the Japoonvale - Silkwood district, the two locomotives are steam engines. Trucks containing cut cane can also be seen behind the locos

Copy print showing the original jetty at Dunk island in the 1930s, with a crew unloading a boat

Photo shows some of the official party at the unveiling of the Kennedy Memorial 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

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

Sepia original photograph shows Victoria Street and foreshore. Creagh's general store on left. Tom Petersen in foreground

Sepia photograph of Butler Street, the main street of Tully, looking east with the Post Office on the right. The street is lined with cars

Photo of Walter Vitti snigging a log at the North Murray River. Vitti and Ron Flegler were the contractors who supplied the Stand Ply Mill at Kennedy. The timber cutters working with them were Jack Flegler and Eric Moller