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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

Copy print showing unloading goods from a boat at Dunk Island, with Nuggett the horse harnessed to the cart. This photo was probably taken in the late 1930s

Sepia photograph of Paronella Park taken soon after the official opening. José Paronella purchased 13 acres of virgin scrub at Mena Creek in 1929 where he created his castle and home. The park was officially opened to visitors in 1935

Sepia photograph of the catholic church at Lower Tully. It was blessed and opened on 11 August, 1935. It became known as the Chapel of the Pioneers from 1992

Photograph of the first plane to land at Brice Henry’s Riversdale airstrip. Passengers included Prime Minister Sir Joe Lyons and Dame Enid Lyons arriving to inspect Brice Henry’s Coastal Fattening scheme

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

Black and white photograph of Tully State School after the fire in 1935. St. Clare's Church and Convent School buildings can be seen behind the ruined primary school. The building currently on this site replaced the burnt school, it was completed in 1938 and is now heritage listed

The Dunk Island resort staff, photographed in the 1930s, seated outside the kitchen at the resort

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