Cultural Artefact: Delamothe Photographs Skardon Collection
Summary
From the collection of Mr Fiddes Skardon, Tully. Varied collection including a series of scenes of damage at Innisfail, Mourilyan and Goondi Mill following the 1918 cyclone. Photographs of the Thorn family, Aboriginal stockmen and family groups, Cutten family home Bingle Bay, homesteads, Chinese banana boats Tully River ca.1907, group of local officials Cardwell ca.1893, Lower Murray Provincial School group 1890s, early scenes of Tully, original construction camp El Arish 1919, Innisfail wet season scenes, Tully Sugar Mill, Mill directors 1949-1950, official inspection tour of Premier E.G. Theodore and party to the Tully Falls, ca.1925, regarding plans for a hydro-electricity scheme. Lawson's Saw Mill, Tully, staff group 1950s, scenes of Cardwell Centenary celebrations 1964, with Sir Henry Abel Smith present. Copies of personal correspondence inserted, including two letters from the author E.J. Banfield 1896, 1907. 82 prints, 2 albums, negatives held.