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In 1923 the Innisfail Centre opened an Honorary Centre at Banyan (Tully), and on 6 January 1925, a Sub-Centre was established at the Tully Central Mill in a hut supplied by the Mill authorities. The first Officer-in-Charge was Mr A.J. Wingate who held the rank of Deputy Superintendent. The plant consisted of one collapsible stretcher. As time went on the local Ambulance Advisory Committee thought it was necessary to increase the staff and Mr W.H. Davey, Ambulance Officer of the Railway Department, was appointed. The matter of a new building and quarters had been under consideration for some 15 months, and plans were submitted to the Department of Public Works for approval. In February 1926, a plan with estimates was received from the Minister for Public Works, for the erection of a building in Bryant Street. The estimated cost was £2,800, plus £130 for the erection of a washhouse if required. The estimated cost prepared by local contractors ranged between £1,100 and £1,300 for the same building. Through the generosity of the residents of the Cardwell Shire sufficient funds were raised to erect new premises by June 1927. In 1959 the Committee decided to erect new premises at the corner of Watkins and Plumb Streets. Tenders were invited and the tender accepted was that of W.E. and S.J. Sorensen for £13,661. Upon completion, the Centre building was officially opened by Mr Hugh Miller, ME President of the QATB State Executive Committee on 10 July 1960. Source: www.ambulance.qld.gov.au/docs/history/Tully-Silkwood.pdf

At left is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Tully_Dimick "Marion Tully Dimick (May 4, 1904 – June 2, 1981), sometimes known as Teena Dimick, was an American philanthropist and arts patron, based in Washington, D.C. She funded archaeological work in Egypt, Central America, and the United States." At right is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Tully "Alice Bigelow Tully (September 14, 1902 – December 10, 1993) was an American singer of opera and recital, music promoter, patron of the arts and philanthropist from New York. She was a second cousin of the American actress Katharine Hepburn."

On May 20, 1925 Alice and Marion Tully were presented to King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. See Evening Star. May 21, 1925, Page 10, Col 3, top chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-05-21/ed-... and Evening Star. June 01, 1925, Page 17, group photo of 4 young women in center chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-06-01/ed-... This photo might have been taken when they sailed for Europe.

Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog records.

The date is upper left corner reversed. June 11, 1925. They were on their way back to America!

I think the first name i supposed to be Martti Iso-Hukta, instead of "Tso-Hukta".

Thanks Jan I will make a change to our records as well as here.

Actually the Finnish name should read "Iso-Huhta" - unless the person intentionally (for whatever reason) changed it in Australia...