Douglas Shire Historical Society

Gill Savage came along to the March meeting at the Port Douglas CWA hall to tell tales of her adventurous trips to Maytown, the heart of the original Palmer River goldfields, which is now deserted.  It was so wonderful to hear Gill share her stories.  What an adventurous lady and so enthralled by history. There was no April meeting becuse on Wednesday 5th April, at the Mossman Library we had a new book launched by Mayor Julia Lue, 'Built to Survive; the history of the Port Douglas Court House'.  Many thanks to the Douglas Shire Council for contributing to the printing costs for Noel Weare's new book which is now available to buy for only $17 at the Port Douglas Court House Museum, Port Douglas and Mossman newsagents and Cairns Books.  The Society is very pleased to be able to introduce three new Life Members - John and Jocelyn White and Annette Anich.  They have all given many hours of valuable time to the Society over the years and all the Society's committee and members would like to send their sincere congratulations.  The next meeting of the Society will be the Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday 8th May at 2pm at the Port Douglas CWA hall.