Cooktown History Centre

The award winning history display showcases regional history through stories, photos, interactive displays, murals and oral histories.

The Archive and Research facility has the largest collection of maps, photos and documents pertaining to Cooktown’s history. The Centre provides local history and family research with over 60,000 names on the database.

The Cooktown History Centre is located next door to the Post Office at 121 Charlotte Street.

The following databases have been digitized and are currently in use by the Society.

• Index to Cooktown
• Births (1874 - 1905)
• Deaths (1883 - 1945)
• Marriages (1883 - 1907)
• Cooktown Cemetery Register (1874 - 2000)
• Residents and Property Owners (1878 and 1940) - Shows property description as well as owners of properties. These include the records of the Daintree Divisional Board, the Hann Divisional Board, the Cooktown Municipal Council and the Cook Shire Council.
• Cooktown Businesses and Locations (1874 and 1886) - Taken from advertisements in newspapers and almanacs.
• Cooktown State School Admission Registers (Incomplete due to missing years)
  Boys School 1885 - 1921
  Girls School 1919 - 1921
  State School 1921 - 1941
• Cooktown Volunteers in WW1 - Shows extensive research with military and civilian details
• Electoral Rolls of 1877, 1899 and 1914
• Publicans of Cooktown and the surrounding areas up to 1900
• Post Office Directory (1889 - 1947)

Open Monday-Friday 09.00-12 midday. The Archive and Research Centre is open throughout the main tourism season but may be closed from December to April.

A small entrance fee applies to help maintain the volunteer run facility.

SAVE MONEY - buy a 3 way joint ticket for James Cook Museum, The Historical Centre and Vera Scarth Johnson Gallery. Ask for details at the sales desks at all 3 outlets.

Ph: (07) 4069 6640

Email: historical_society@cooktowns.com

www.cooktownhistory.org.au