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Sepia photograph of Percy Benn's home near Maria Creek, in the 1930s. Percy Benn was one of the original soldier settlers at El Arish and one of the first to plant cane. When first built, this house was extremely modern and "new look" in design. Sugar cane is growing near the house and a utility truck is parked close by

Photograph of a Percy Dyer’s bicycle shop on Butler Street, Tully, in the 1930s. The sign “Eagles Cycles” is displayed over the pavement. The boy beside the bicycle is un-named

Sepia photo showing Peter and Ellen Flegler with their children in 1920. Born at Toowoomba, Peter moved to the Tablelands as a young man, and moved with wife Ellen to Tully after 1918. He had a cane farm at Bulgun Creek and was a Board of Directors member for the Sugar Mill for 20 years

The Pilot Station at Flying Fish Point was erected in 1884 and first lighted in 1885. The lights allowed vessels to navigate the river entrance at night. This image was taken in the early 1930s

Black & white original photograph of pioneer members of the community enjoying a dinner in the Cardwell Shire Hall, in celebration of the centenary of Cardwell Shire in 1964. Located at 51 Victoria Street, the original Divisional Board Hall was built in 1892. It was refurbished in 1988 but was severely damaged by Cyclone Yasi in 2011 and subsequently rebuilt

Black & white photograph showing small aeroplane (Dragon VH-UXX) crashed in canefield with a number of unidentified spectators looking on. Image and news article appeared in Johnstone River Advocate 30 August 1938

Photograph of a team of two horses harnessed to a cart (or planter) loaded with sugar cane stalks for planting. The unnamed man is working on Mrs. Brett's farm, Feluga, in the 1930s

Players at the Tully Bowls Club. Tully Bowls Club dates from 1946, at which time a Committee leased a small block of land on the banks of Banyan Creek from the Tully Mill

Black and white original photograph of the Plaza Theatre, Butler Street, Tully and staff, taken in about 1952. This building was constructed in 1940 on the site of the original wooden theatre built in 1925

Photograph of a man seated on a plough harnessed to a team of four horses. Taken in the mid-1920s on Allison's farm, Old Tully Road, he is preparing the ground to plant sugar cane