Cooktown History Centre

Cooktown History Centre Cooktown History Centre is a volunteer run exhibition centre detailing the history of Cooktown and Cape York.
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Also has established an archive of Family and Local History.

19/06/2026

The Cooktown History Centre will be open to the public for this June's celebrations on Sat 20th from 9.00 am to 3 pm and on Sunday morning from 9.00 to 10.30 when the Re-enactment starts.
Come in and explore Cooktown's history with us!
Photo IMO our late loved member Mr Jim McJannet!

11/06/2026

For Thursday Throwback I'm sharing a photo of Johnson's sawmill taken in 1940 on what is now known as the IGA block. Perhaps the mill was sitting on this concrete slab?

05/06/2026
Good morning all. Saturday Scrapbook has returned with some pics to remind us of that song that started with "those were...
05/06/2026

Good morning all. Saturday Scrapbook has returned with some pics to remind us of that song that started with "those were those days my friends, we thought they'd never end"
Rocking on the June Long Weekend!

22/05/2026

Sorry for the delay in releasing the names of the kindergarten people. I have been absent.
From left to right: Sylvia Edwards, Alice Burton, Diana Burns and Sue Alcorn.

For Saturday's Scrapbook, a newspaper clipping from August 1986! A photo of Cooktown's preschool and kindergarten teache...
08/05/2026

For Saturday's Scrapbook, a newspaper clipping from August 1986! A photo of Cooktown's preschool and kindergarten teachers taken 40 years ago!
Does anybody know these people?

03/05/2026

Address

121 Charlotte Street
Cooktown, QLD
4895

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9am - 12pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

0740696640

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