Cooktown and District Historical Society Inc COOKTOWN HISTORY CENTRE For everything about Cooktown’s history. Housed in the Oldest Building in Charlotte Street.  Erected in 1875 as the first Post and Telegraph Office.

Membership Cooktown Archive & Research Records Currently Available Images from our Collection Shop Home     LINKS TO OTHER SITES Queensland Museum - Festivals on Display   Douglas Shire Historical Society In   Cairns Historical Society Eacham Historical Society   Award winning History Display Learn about our history through stories, photos,interactive  displays, murals and oral histories.   Our current display tells the story of  Cooktown Through the Years. Find out about our historic railway, early roads, cyclones and other disasters, early families and what happened to the local indigenous people.  The display is open from 9am to 3pm from Monday to Saturday. [Small Entrance fee]     To contact us: Cooktown History Centre 121 Charlotte Street Cooktown  4895 POST—PO Box 595 Cooktown   4895 Phone: 0740696640 Email: historical_society@cooktowns.com     MORE IMAGES OF OUR 2011 DISPLAY     Don't let our History become a thing of the past