Douglas Shire
Located in Kuku Yalanji and Djabuganjdji country on the North Queensland coast north of Cairns, the Douglas Shire, administered from Mossman, covers an area of 2,428 square kilometres. On 3 June 1880, the northern part of Cairns Division, one of the seventy-four divisions established under the Divisional Boards Act 1879, was excised to create the Douglas Division, which became the Shire of Douglas on 31 March 1903.
Although the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 amalgamated the Douglas Shire and the City of Cairns to form the Cairns Region on 15 March 2008, discontent within the former Shire resulted in a de-amalgamation referendum in March 2013. Despite the Queensland Treasury's suggestion that the Shire was unviable as a separate entity and strong opposition from many parties, the citizens of the former Douglas Shire voted for de-amalgamation. The shire was re-established on 1 January 2014.
The Shire of Douglas includes the following settlements:
Mossman
Port Douglas
Bamboo
Bonnie Doon
Bloomfield1
Cape Kimberley
Cape Tribulation
Cassowary
Cooya Beach
Cow Bay
Craiglie
Dagmar
Daintree
Dayman Point
Dedin
Degarra
Diwan
Ellis Beach2
Finlay Vale
Forest Creek
Four Mile Beach
Killaloe
Low Isles
Lower Daintree
Miallo
Mossman Gorge
Mowbray
Newell
Noah
Oak Beach
Rocky Point
Shannonvale
Spurgeon
Stewart Creek Valley
Syndicate
Thornton Beach
Upper Daintree
Wangetti
Whyanbeel
Wonga Beach
