Cooktown & District Historical Society

On the Saturday evening of 26 November 2016, the Cooktown Historical Society celebrated its 21st birthday party at their History Centre which was attended by a motley crew whose ages ranged from almost one to almost ninety.  The party was also attended by three of its founding members, Mrs Bev Shay and Don and Carol Sinclair.  The Society was originally run from the back room of the Shay's home and reminisces were made on how the entry fee to a meeting was a bottle of port wine and when the sum total of the Society's finances was just $35.00.  All this merry-making was accompanied by an endless stream of food provided by the CWA ladies and appropriately, by some old time music from an old time turntable.  It was a good night out.  The usual monthly general meetings of the Cooktown and District Historical Society are held on the first Thusday of each month at their Cooktown History Centre at 6.30pm.  The Centre is housed in the oldest building in Charlotte Street which was erected in 1875 as Cooktown's first post and telegraph office.  All interested in local history are welcome to attend.