Photo%20Collection

Colour photograph of Alice and Charles Caird, children of Thomas and Rosina Caird, who were married in Cardwell in 1866. Alice later married Matthew Zervodakis. Charles John Caird was a Cardwell Shire Councillor from 1913 to 1923

Black & white photograph of exterior view of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1 Edith Street, Innisfail (corner Edith Street and Fitzgerald Esplanade), looking north down Fitzgerald Esplanade. This building is currently occupied by 4KZ Radio Station, and the Commonwealth Bank is now located on cnr Owen Street and Edith Street, Innisfail

Sepia photograph of Corporal Hugh Ramsay (Rowdy) Butler who grew up in Murray Upper, enlisted in January 1916 and served in France in the First World War. He was killed in action in November 1916. His name appears on the Honour Roll in Cardwell and Butler Street, Tully was named after him

Black and white photograph of a crashed RAAF bomber, Hudson A16-162. During the battle of the Coral Sea this aircraft flew a search mission from Townsville off the coast but crashed on 5th May 1942 in the Hinchinbrook Channel near Goold Island. One of the crew, Sergeant James, died in the crash and was buried in the Tully Cemetery. The aircraft was towed to Cardwell for salvage and returned, in pieces, by road to RAAF Base Garbutt

Photograph of un-named man beside a wagon loaded with loaves of bread on the railway or loco tracks. Bread and also meat were delivered to Lower Tully, Euramo and other parts of the Tully district by way of the rail or tramway lines in the late 1920s and 1930s

Copy print of Dunk island with the old jetty on the right, and Purtaboi Island in the distance

Photograph of the Dunk Island Hotel in the 1930s with two men on the veranda. The resort on Dunk Island was officially opened in 1936

Copy print of the slipway and original jetty at Dunk island at low tide

Copy print showing some of the Dunk Island resort buildings. The dance hall has “DUNK” painted on the roof for aerial identification

Photograph of Edward Garner (Senior) with some of the first bananas grown at Garners Beach. The beach was named after the Garner family some time after Edward Thomas Garner purchased a property here in 1910