Photo%20Collection

Photograph of a steam locomotive in the sugarcane growing district of Japoonvale. The Wardle family came to Japoonvale in 1916, encouraged by the planned construction of the sugar mill at South Johnstone

Photograph depicting a car being towed by three horses through a river crossing somewhere in the Tully district

Copy print of a bay on Dunk island where Hugo Brassey’s boat was found after a cyclone, 1930s. Hugo Brassey purchased freehold property on Dunk Island in 1935 which he developed into a tourist resort that was officially opened in May 1936

Black & white photograph showing the float depicting Edmund Kennedy and his expedition in the 1948 Kennedy Centenary parade which passed along Victoria Street, Cardwell

Sepia photograph of a hut at Tully Heads

Sepia photograph of a hut at Tully Heads

Black and white photograph of a large band leading the May Day march down Butler Street, Tully. The inaugural May Day march in Tully took place in 1938. A programme of sports and entertainment was organised at the show grounds following the parade

Photograph of one of the houses constructed for workers by the Sugar Mill, Tully. A row of such houses was built on the west side of Bryant Street. The Police Station is located across the road from this house

Sepia photograph of a “push and pull” railway trolley in the Tully-Ingham district. The man operating the trolley is un-named

Sepia photograph of a steam train crossing a flooded river in the Ingham-Tully district, possibly the Herbert River. Debris is caught along the track to the right