Port Douglas

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Port Douglas (Kuku-Yalanji: Jabulkanji) is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km (37 mi) north of Cairns. In the 2021 census, the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. The town is situated adjacent to two World Heritage areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. Port Douglas was originally established as a port town after the discovery of gold on the Hodgkinson goldfield in 1876 but developed as a tourist destination in the 1980s. It was named in honour of a former Premier of Queensland, John Douglas. Previous names for the town included Jabulkanji (in Kuku-Yalandji language), Terrigal, Island Point, Port Owen and Port Salisbury. In 2026, it was listed as number 2 on Australian Traveller magazine's list of 100 Best Towns in Australia. With prospectors requiring a more direct route to the Hodgkinson goldfields than the existing road via Cooktown, Christie Palmerston blazed an overland track from...

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