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The Mossman - Port Douglas parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns) was established in 1877. [12] Mossman River Post Office opened by 1895 (a receiving office had been open from 1883) and was renamed Mossman in 1899. [13] Mossman Central Sugar Mill commenced crushing on 23 August ...
Mossman Gorge is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Mossman Gorge had a population of 248 people. [1] The locality takes its name from the valley Mossman Gorge created by the Mossman River through the Daintree National Park to the west of the locality (in Syndicate and Shannonvale). The ...
In 1914, advertisements for the sale of thoroughbred horses at St Johns Wood appear. Francis Michael Anglim, who became owner of the property in 1917, was a thoroughbred horse breeder. His name appears in relation to St John's Wood in 1915, so it is possible he may have been renting the property earlier.
The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland.It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns.The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of 2,428 square kilometres (937.5 sq mi), [2] and existed as a local government entity from 1880 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Cairns to become the Cairns Region.
The former Mossman Shire Hall and Douglas Shire Council Chambers, constructed 1936–1937, is a substantial civic building that reflects the importance of the sugar industry to north Queensland during the interwar period and is associated with the ascendancy of Mossman as a commercial and administrative centre and the decline of Port Douglas as an early regional centre.
The north-western part of the locality is low-lying coastal plains (10–20 metres about sea level) and is used for farming, predominantly sugarcane.The eastern and southern parts of the locality form part of the Cassowary Range, rising to unnamed peaks of about 350 metres, and are within the Mowbray National Park.
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Mosman is named after Archibald Mosman (1799–1863) and his twin brother George, who moved onto a 4-acre (16,000 m 2) land grant in the area in 1831.They were involved in shipping, and founded a whaling station on a bay in the harbour, which became known as Mosman's Bay.