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Taken in the 1930s, this is a photograph of a team of two horses pulling several trucks (cane bins) loaded with hand-cut sugar cane. One worker is holding the reins and there are no tracks. The location is the Tully district. Trash can be seen in the paddock

Copy print showing Hugo Brassey near the original jetty at Dunk island in the 1930s, with a large fish. Brassey purchased and developed the resort on Dunk Island from 1935

Copy print showing Hugo Brassey’s boat, “Moonbeam”, near Dunk island in the 1930s. “Moonbeam” is variously described as a “yacht” and a “69 foot launch”. It was one of several boats used at Dunk Island in the late 1930s, all with “romantic names” including Moonbeam, Sunbeam and Twilight

Photograph of the house built for Hugo Brassey and his wife on Dunk Island in the late 1930s. Brassey acquired the resort in 1935 and it was officially opened in 1936. Brassey served in WW2. He returned to Dunk after the war but returned to England soon after this on the death of his father

Hugo Brassey purchased the Dunk Island resort in 1935. This image shows the house built for him on the island

Photograph of the pitsawn timber hut originally built by J Batting on the farm later owned by Peter and Ellen Flegler. A Case tractor is on the right with five un-named men

Black and white photograph of John MacNamara handing over the Olympic Torch to Ian Wilkinson in 1956 prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games

Black and white photograph of the Olympic Torch held by Ian Wilkinson in 1956 prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games

Photograph of inside Moschella's shop, Butler Street, Tully. The family lived at the rear of the shop. Later the Golden Gumboot Café operated from these premises

Isaac Henry was among the earliest pioneers along the Tully River. Entrepreneur James Tyson selected a large acreage stretching from the Tully to the Murray River. Isaac Henry, who married Tyson's niece, Barbara, secured a large portion on the north side of the river. The family remained in the area after Tyson abandoned his own project. Isaac served on the Cardwell Shire Council for a number of years between 1903 and 1917 including as Shire Chairman