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Local History

The Regional Resources Collection is located at the City Library and contains titles which relate to the Cairns local government area.

Resources may only be used within the library as they are generally unique and include:

  • Books relating to the history, culture, geography and development of the region, including locally authored and published material.
  • Material published by local organisations
  • Street directories
  • Profiles, reports and studies produced by local government
  • Microfilm of local newspaper including The Cairns Post
  • Maps (including topographical, nautical, cadastral, and aerial)

Local Resources

The Cairns Post

The Cairns Post (1884-1893, 1909-present) is available at the City Library on microfilm (our films arrive every three months). You can view/print/scan this newspaper on our microfilm reader.

Photographs

A number of photographs of Cairns can be found online courtesy of the State Archives of Queensland to search visit- archives.qld.gov.au/

Queensland Resources

Cairns Regional Council meeting minutes

You can access Cairns Regional Council meeting minutes online. Council is streaming live video and audio of Council Meetings and Special Council Meetings. Recently recorded meetings can be accessed via the archived webcasts page.

Interested in the history of Cairns?

The Cairns Regional Council website has a Cairns Heritage page which includes information about the history of Cairns suburbs and streets, Neighbourhood Character Studies, and a historical chronology.

Map of Queensland

Maps

We hold a map collection in the Reference Room at the City Library, including topographical, nautical, cadastral, and aerial. We do not hold any early maps of the region.

Assistance

Library staff can help with catalogue searches, finding books and other resources and can show you how to use the equipment however are unable to do the research for you. For extensive support we recommend you seek help from Cairns Historical Society & Museum

School of Arts Building, Cnr Lake & Shields Street, City Place

p:  (07) 40 515 582; w: cairnsmuseum.org.au

Last updated: 10 Feb 2022