2010 Port Douglas Carnivale: A piece of Paradise – Vintage Douglas Shire Exhibition

“A PIECE OF PARADISE – VINTAGE DOUGLAS SHIRE” EXHIBITION

at the

COURT HOUSE MUSEUM (next to the Police Station)

for

PORT DOUGLAS CARNIVALE 2010

The Douglas Shire Historical Society is proud to be part of the Port Douglas Carnivale 2010 and will present a very special “A Piece of Paradise – Vintage Douglas Shire” exhibition at the Port Douglas Court House Museum. Period photos will give a taste of old Port and the former Douglas Shire in its prime vintages.

Ranged along the verandah of the Queensland Heritage-listed Court House Museum, times of wealth and times of disappointment will be illustrated in this unique exhibition.

Once a burgeoning port and outlet for the hinterland goldmines in the late 1800s, Port Douglas declined once the railway terminated in Cairns, and the 1911 cyclone devasted the town.

But Port Douglas rose again to become a simple fishing village, and then the world renowned exotic resort in tropics that we proudly call home.

The Museum will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays between 10am and 2pm. Entry is by gold coin donation.

Volunteers from the Society will be on hand at all times to welcome locals and visitors.

For enquiries please phone Freda Wilson on 4098 5303.

www.douglas-shire-historical-society.org

Email: secretary@douglas-shire-historical-society.org

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