Publications by Douglas Shire Historical Society

  • Beneath Tropic Skies

    More locals’ stories from the Douglas Shire (2024)

    Pam Willis Burden, 154 pp

    $27

  • Raindrops and Sugar Crops

    Raindrops and Sugar Crops

    Tales from South of the Daintree (2010)

    Pam Willis Burden, 136 pp

    $15

  • Port's People

    Port's People

    Locals' Stories of Port Douglas (2005)

    Pam Willis Burden, 138 pp

    $15

  • Surviving Paradise

    Surviving Paradise

    Life Stories from the Douglas Shire (2018)

    Pam Willis Burden, 155 pp

    $25

  • port of promise

    Port of Promise

    An Illustrated History of Port Douglas, North Queensland (2006)

    Glenville Pike, 90 pp

    $20

  • the daintree river pioneers

    The Daintree River Pioneers

    And How They Survived in an Isolated Tropical Jungle (2007)

    Tricia Fay, 62 pp

    $15

  • Reflecting on the Past

    Reflecting on the Past

    A Pictorial History of the Douglas Shire (2000)

    Billie Lloyd, 104 pp

    $10

  • Memories of the two Cinemas in Mossman 2013 56 pp Pam Willis Burden $15

    Let's Go to the Pictures in Mossman

    Memories of the two Cinemas in Mossman (2013)

    Pam Willis Burden, 56 pp

    $15

  • Built to Survive

    Built to Survive

    The Uncertain Journey of a Court House Built for Port Douglas – 1879 (2017)

    Noel Weare, 104 pp

    $17

  • Cattle , Cane and Cedar

    Cattle, Cane and Cedar

    Early Farming in Douglas Shire (2017)

    Ken Keith, 163 pp

    $25 + $14 P&H

  • Diggers of Douglas

    A tribute to Douglas Shire soldiers who served during the Great War.

    Proudly presented by RSL Australia, Douglas Shire Historical Society, Douglas Shire Council. Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette

    44 pp

    $10

Publications by Others

  • 2008 108 pp  Pam Willis Burden  $27+  $14 P&H

    Remembering the Douglas Shire

    (2008)

    Pam Willis Burden, 108 pp

    $27+ $14 P&H

  • No Load to Carry

    No Load to Carry

    The History of Craiglie, Mowbray River and Killaloe State Schools 1888-1962 (2005)

    Marie Finn, 72 pp

    $15

  • the daintree blockade

    The Daintree Blockade

    The Battle for Australia’s Tropical Rainforests

    (2017)

    Bill Wilkie, 344 pp

    $35 +$15 P&H

  • Norman Baird

    Norman Baird

    A Spark Within (2006)

    Kathleen Denigan, 81 pp

    $18

  • St Mary's of Port Douglas

    St Mary's of Port Douglas

    As it Came to Pass (2012)

    Barry Craig, 104 pp

    $12

  • This Upstart Port Douglas

    This Upstart Port Douglas

    A Different View of Port Douglas - as Reported by Newspapers Between 1873 and 1911 (2019)

    Noel Weare, 142 pp

    $20