Mossman, Queensland

A sugar milling town set in the midst of sugar cane fields that is also the gateway to the famous Daintree rainforest.
Location: 75 km north of Cairns; 20 km from Port Douglas.
Origin of name: named by the explorer George Dalrymple in 1873 after the minerals explorer Hugh Mosman. Mosman's 11-year-old Aboriginal servant, Jupiter, found gold at Charters Towers in 1872. The boom which followed the discovery did much to help the development of North Queensland. The name of the town was later changed from Mosman to Mossman to avoid confusion with the suburb in Sydney.
Brief history: The village was established in 1876, twenty years before the first sugar cane plantation was established in the area.
Natural features: Daintree National Park; Cape Tribulation National Park; Mossman Gorge
Built features: sugar mills