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Port Douglas Post Office opened on 1 September 1877. [5] It grew quickly, and at its peak Port Douglas had a population of 12,000 and 27 hotels. With the construction of the Mulligan Highway it serviced towns as far away as Herberton. [citation needed] Port Douglas State School opened on 11 November 1879, but closed in 1962.
It was re-laid some 30 years later in 1987 by the Mill. Recognising the development in the tourism economy, the Mill started tours from Port Douglas to Mossman, including a tour of the Mill operation. In early 2000, the steam locomotives Speedy and Bundy were relocated to Port Douglas from Mossman.
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 ...
Port Douglas Court House Museum is a heritage-listed former courthouse and now museum at 25 Wharf Street, Port Douglas, Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by the Queensland Colonial Architect's Office and built from 1879 by Thomas Watson. It was formerly known as Port Douglas Court House.
Port Douglas Wharf and Storage Shed were erected in 1904 for the Douglas Shire Council, the buildings reported demolished by the cyclone of 1911, [2] with extensions to the storage shed made in the 1920s. [1] Port Douglas was established in 1877 as a port to service the newly opened Hodgkinson Goldfield, west of the Great Dividing Range. In the ...
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