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Photograph of Euramo Hotel in about the 1930s. This building was built in 1928 but burnt down in August 1971. The licensees at the time of the fire were Alf and Olga Beltrame. A new building was soon constructed on the site

Sepia photograph of the home of Thomas and May Butler which was located at Murray Upper. The small building on the left is the post office. The building next to it is the original slab hut built by Leopold Stamp in the 1880s, which he called Blechynden but which the Butlers changed to Fringford when they bought the property

Photograph of a Gipsy Moth plane taken on the air strip that became the Tully Aerodrome. Joy flights in this plane were provided in the 1930s by Clem Howard

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

Photograph of members of the Irish Club of Tully, taken in front of the Savoy, Plumb Street, where meetings were held. It was taken in the early 1930s

Photograph of Murray Upper School with pupils and teacher on the front veranda. The students' hats are on hooks near the window. The water tank can be seen at the side of the small corrugated iron building. The pupils are un-named and the date is thought to be in the 1930s

Sepia original photograph shows Thomas Ormond (Ormy) Butler riding his horse ahead of a large number of cattle travelling down a dirt road. The Butler family lived at Murray Upper from 1902

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

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