:Mossman, Queensland

File:Mossman trams.jpg

Mossman in Far North Queensland on the Mossman River.

Mossman is located on the Captain Cook Highway {{convert|75|km|mi}} north of the regional city of Cairns, and {{convert|15|km|mi}} east of the Mount Carbine Tableland. The Mossman River flows through the locality from west (Finlayvale / Mossman Gorge) to east (Newell / Bonnie Doon).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=2 January 2022}}

Mossman Gorge, a popular attraction within Daintree National Park and the broader Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage area is located west of town.

Sugar cane farming is an important aspect of the local economy, with Mossman Central Mill, the only sugar mill in the district ({{Coord|-16.4586|145.3786|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman Sugar Mill}}), processing the cane before sending it to Cairns for shipping domestically and internationally. There is a network of cane tramways through Mossman and nearby sugarcane growing areas to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the mill.

The traditional language area of Kuka-Dyangan (also known as Djangun, Gugu Djangun and Kuka Djangun) includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Douglas Shire and Cook Shire.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/86?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 February 2020}}

Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, and Kuku Yelandji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/66|title=Kuku Yalanji|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}

Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/158|title=Yalanji|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}

The district was originally known as Mossman River after the river which flows through it. The Mossman River, in turn, was named by the explorer George Dalrymple on 6 December 1873 after Hugh Mosman who discovered gold in Charters Towers. Dalrymple wrote "I named this river the Mossman River, after Mossman, an explorer and mining man, member of a very prominent mining family". The town was also known for a brief time as Hartsville after Daniel Hart, an early settler. Later the name was changed to Mossman.{{cite web|last1=Hodes|first1=Jeremy|title=Far North Queensland Place names mo – my|url=http://queenslandhistory.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/far-north-queensland-place-names-mo-my.html|website=Queensland History|date=18 March 2011|access-date=21 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003071241/http://queenslandhistory.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/far-north-queensland-place-names-mo-my.html|archive-date=3 October 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38491324 |title=NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND.—200. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=21 May 1936 |access-date=22 June 2014 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303074359/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38491324 |url-status=live }}

The Mossman - Port Douglas parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns) was established in 1877.

Mossman River Post Office opened by 1895 (a receiving office had been open from 1883) and was renamed Mossman in 1899.{{Cite web|last=Phoenix Auctions History|title=Post Office List|url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Mossman*|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084724/http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=%2AMossman%2A|archive-date=7 January 2022|access-date=4 March 2021|publisher=Phoenix Auctions}}

Mossman Central Sugar Mill commenced crushing on 23 August 1897.

Mossman River State School opened on 31 January 1898 under head teacher Thomas Garland. It was renamed Mossman State School in 1910. A secondary department was opened on 1 February 1955, which operated until a separate Mossman State High School opened on 30 January 1973.{{cite QSA Agency|5516|Mossman State School

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The establishment and subsequent growth of Cairns and the completion of the Cairns Railway up through the Barron Gorge in 1891 gave a more direct gateway to the hinterland but, at this period, it was found that the Mossman district contained suitable land for sugar-growing. The establishment of the sugar mill at Mossman formed the nucleus of the town, which grew at the expense of Port Douglas.{{Cite web |title=Mossman |url=https://queenslandplaces.com.au/mossman |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Queensland Places |publisher=University of Queensland |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914225344/https://queenslandplaces.com.au/mossman |url-status=live }}

File:Sugar cane tram travelling through Mossman, Queensland, 1900.jpg

The district was served by two separate 2-foot (610 mm) gauge tramway systems.The Cane Tramways of Mossman Singleton, C.C. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, March 1956 pp25-32 Both at one time handled passengers and general goods, as well as sugar cane. Mossman district owes its present prosperity to these tramways which pioneered the first reasonable transport in the neighbourhood, for trafficable roads followed later.

File:StateLibQld 2 294907 Remains of the Roman Catholic Church after the 1911 cyclone, Mossman.jpg

In June 1905, tenders were called to erect a Catholic church in Mossman.{{cite news|date=28 June 1905|title=Advertising|volume=19|page=2|newspaper=Morning Post (Cairns)|issue=152|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44412360|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084738/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44412360|url-status=live}} On Sunday 21 January 1906, St Augustine's Catholic church was consecrated by Bishop James Murray in the presence of several hundred spectators.{{cite news|date=28 June 1905|title=Advertising|volume=19|page=2|newspaper=Morning Post (Cairns)|issue=152|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44412360|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084730/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44412360|url-status=live}}

On Thursday 16 March 1911, a cyclone hit Mossman and Port Douglas doing considerable damage. In Mossman, over 80 people were homeless and the Catholic and Anglican churches were destroyed.{{cite news|date=20 March 1911|title=Cyclone Calamities|volume=XXV|page=4|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=971|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39860026|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084732/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39860026|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=22 March 1911|title=WRECK OF PORT DOUGLAS|volume=LIII|page=7|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=91643|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182701452|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084733/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182701452|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=25 March 1911|title=CYCLONE IN THE NORTH|page=37|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=2349|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22291269|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084735/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22291269|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=24 March 1911 |title=The Port Douglas Disaster |volume=XXV |page=2 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=975 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39883658 |access-date=14 December 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217041436/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39883658 |url-status=live }} File:Roman Catholic Church and Convent, Mossman, Queensland.jpgOn Sunday 11 February 1912, a new St Augustine's Catholic Church was opened by Bishop Murray.{{cite news|date=16 February 1912|title=Bishop Murray's Movements|volume=XXVI|page=2|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=1236|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39913846|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084735/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39913846|url-status=live}} It was in Junction Road (approx {{Coord|-16.4584|145.3740|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Augustine's Catholic Church (former site)}}), opposite the Mossman Butchery Company (established in 1927 at 3 Junction Road, {{Coord|-16.4586|145.3743|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman Butchering Company}}).{{cite news|date=13 November 1954|title=MOSSMAN NOTES|page=6|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=16,435|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42846441|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084733/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42846441|url-status=live}}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-16.4585362,145.3741221,3a,37.5y,120.82h,90.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVvd6i9JzV2KDPhMe1us9Dw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DVvd6i9JzV2KDPhMe1us9Dw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D109.89282%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=2 January 2022|title=Mossman Butchering Company, established 1927}} As the population of Mossman grew, there was a desire to build a Catholic school, but the Junction Road site did not have the space, so a new site was purchased in Grogan Street. On Sunday 29 April 1934, Bishop John Heavey officially opened the new St Augustine's complex at Grogan Street, consisting of a presbytery, a combined church and school building, and a convent. The architect was Vibert McKirdy Brown.{{cite news|date=5 May 1934|title=MOSSMAN CATHOLICS|page=13|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=10,061|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41497776|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102214759/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41497776|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=25 April 1934|title=Opening Ceremony|page=6|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=10,052|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41496128|access-date=20 November 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107084741/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41496128|url-status=live}} St Augustine's Catholic School opened with 70 students, with the initial teachers being Sisters Mary Agnes, Gabriel, Cecelia and Pius of the Sisters of Mercy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.staugs.qld.edu.au/st-augustines-way/history-of-st-augustines/|title=History of St Augustine's|website=St Augustine's School, Mossman|date=27 July 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105101814/https://www.staugs.qld.edu.au/st-augustines-way/history-of-st-augustines/|archive-date=5 November 2019|access-date=5 November 2019}} On 30 January 1977, a new hexagonal-shaped St Augustine's church opened on the Grogan Street site with the former church being converted into school classrooms.

During World War II, Mossman was attacked in a Japanese air raid on 31 July 1942. A single flying boat dropped a bomb that fell near a house and injured a child.{{cite book | last = Gillison | first = Douglas | title = History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air. Volume I – Royal Australian Air Force, 1939–1942 | publisher = Australian War Memorial | year = 1962 | location = Canberra | page = 563 | url = http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=26 | access-date = 12 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060614143809/http://awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=26 | archive-date = 14 June 2006 | url-status = live }}

Mossman State High School opened on 30 January 1973.{{Cite web|url=https://mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|title=Mossman SHS|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053125/https://mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}

Mossman Library opened in 1977.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=12|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}

Prior to 2008, Mossman was the seat of the Shire of Douglas. In 2008, the Shire of Douglas was amalgamated into the Cairns Region, which was administered from both Cairns and Mossman. In 2014, the Shire of Douglas was de-amalgamated from Cairns Region and reinstated as Shire of Douglas.{{Cite web |title=De-Amalgamation Information |url=https://douglas.qld.gov.au/de-amalgamation-information/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Douglas Shire Council |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523115646/https://douglas.qld.gov.au/de-amalgamation-information/ |url-status=live }}

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Mossman had a population of 1,740 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL341000|name=Mossman (Urban Centre/Locality)|access-date=13 June 2011|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Mossman had a population of 1,937 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31947|name=Mossman (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Mossman had a population of 1,935 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31929|name=Mossman (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:StateLibQld 1 117412 Cars travelling along Mill Street, Mossman, 1940.jpg

Mossman has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Exchange Hotel (formerly Daintree Inn), 2 Front Street{{cite QHR|30934|Daintree Inn/Former Exchange Hotel|602803|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• St David's Anglican Church, 3 Foxton Avenue{{cite QHR|30635|St David's Anglican Church and Raintrees (Samanea saman)|602760|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• Mossman District Hospital, Johnston Road{{cite QHR|5265|Mossman District Hospital|602713|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• Mossman Shire Hall and Douglas Shire Council Chambers, 8–14 Mill Street:{{cite QHR|30790|Mossman Shire Hall and Douglas Shire Council Chambers (former)|602758|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• National Bank of Australasia Building, 11 Mill Street{{cite QHR|16305|National Bank of Australasia Building (former)|601542|access-date=7 July 2013}}

File:StateLibQld 2 129087 Mossman Sugar Mill, Queensland, 1920s.jpg

Mossman Central Mill Company Limited opened in 1894 as co-operative sugar mill owned by local sugarcane farmers. The first sugarcane was crushed on 23 August 1897, the sugarcane coming from Bonnie Doon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.douglashistory.org.au/timelines/mossman.html|title=Brief History Of Mossman, Far North Queensland|website=Douglas Shire Historical Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808090608/http://www.douglashistory.org.au/timelines/mossman.html|archive-date=8 August 2017|url-status=live|access-date=8 August 2017}} Annie Rose fed the first sugarcane into the mill, with the mill producing its first sugar after crushing {{Convert|27,905|tonne||abbr=}} of cane for the initial season.{{Cite web|last=Entsch|first=Warren|date=28 November 2018|title=Mossman Mill|url=https://www.warrenentsch.com.au/mossman-mill/|url-status=live|access-date=7 January 2022|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202905/https://www.warrenentsch.com.au/mossman-mill/}}

In 1906, Mossman Mill became the first Queensland mill to crush over {{Convert|100,000|tonnes||abbr=}} of cane. That season lasted just under 8 months, extending from June 1906 to late January 1907.

Initially, sugar was transported by sea from Port Douglas, but later the sugar was taken by road to the bulk sugar terminal in Cairns.

Louis John Frederick Prince (General Manager) pioneered the use of computers for cane payment accounting and, in 1971, Mossman purchased the first process control computer used in the world sugar industry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mackaysugar.com.au/about/history/Pages/Mossman-Mill.aspx|title=Mossman Mill|website=Mackay Sugar|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411035309/http://www.mackaysugar.com.au/about/history/Pages/Mossman-Mill.aspx|archive-date=11 April 2019|access-date=5 November 2019}}

The Tropical North Steiner School opened in January 2022, offering Prep to Year 3 initially.{{Cite web |title=North Steiner School |url=https://www.tropicalnorthsteiner.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226205634/https://www.tropicalnorthsteiner.org/ |archive-date=26 February 2021 |access-date=4 March 2021 |website=North Steiner School}} In January 2023, the school surrendered its accreditation, effective October 2022.{{Cite web |title=Changes to the Register of Non-State Schools (Qld): Issue 01/23 |url=https://nssab.qld.edu.au/Pdf/change-to-register-0123.pdf |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=Non-State Schools Accreditation Board |publisher=Queensland Government |page=3}}

The mill closed in 2024.https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/100620 Local sugarcane farmers must now send their sugarcane to the Mulgrave Sugar Mill, over {{Convert|100|km}} away, costing an extra $30 per tonne in transport, which means the expected 310,000 tonnes of cane will cost more than $9 million extra in transport. Farmers are seeking a subsidy from the Queensland Government to assist with this extra cost.{{Cite news |last=Herrmann |first=Bridget |date=2024-05-06 |title=Sugarcane farmers in this 'forgotten world' are pleading for help to get their crop harvested |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-05-07/mossman-cane-growers-harvest-decision-mill-closure/103806792 |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

File:Mossman State High School, 2024.jpg

Mossman State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 30-34 Front Street ({{coord|-16.4617|145.3743|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://mossmanss.eq.edu.au/|title=Mossman State School|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193817/https://mossmanss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 213 students with 16 teachers (13 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}

Mossman State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 46–62 Front Street ({{coord|-16.4634|145.3735|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman State High School}}).{{cite web|url=https://mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/|title=Mossman State High School|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193755/https://mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 611 students with 62 teachers (56 full-time equivalent) and 41 non-teaching staff (31 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.{{cite web|url=https://www.mossmanshs.eq.edu.au|title=Mossman SHS - Special Education Program|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204015235/http://mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=live}}

St Augustine's School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Grogan Street ({{coord|-16.4617|145.3688|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Augustine's School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.staugs.qld.edu.au/|title=St Augustine's School|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216051917/http://www.staugs.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 217 students with 16 teachers (14 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).

Douglas Shire Council operates Mossman Library at 14 Mill Street ({{Coord|-16.4589|145.3750|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman public library}}).{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/douglas-shire/mossman_library|title=Mossman Library|date=10 July 2015|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131140905/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/douglas-shire/mossman_library|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live}}

The Mossman branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 28 Front Street ({{Coord|-16.4614|145.3738|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=CWA Hall}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=live}}

There are a number of churches in Mossman, including:

• St Augustine's Catholic Church, at 24B Grogan Street ({{Coord|-16.4620|145.3695|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Augustine's Catholic Church}}), within the Mossman-Port Douglas Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns{{Cite web|title=Mossman-Port Douglas Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/MossmanPtDouglas.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118142037/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/MossmanPtDouglas.html|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}{{Cite web|title=St Augustine's Catholic Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/3774-st-augustineand#39;s-catholic-church|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102040020/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/3774-st-augustineand#39;s-catholic-church}}
• St David's Anglican Church, 3 Foxton Avenue ({{Coord|-16.4578|145.3732|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St David's Anglican Church}}), within the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland{{Cite web|title=St David's Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/143-st-davidand#39;s-anglican-church|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102040155/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/143-st-davidand#39;s-anglican-church}}{{Cite web|title=Anglican Parish of Mossman/Port Douglas|url=https://mpdanglican.org/|url-status=usurped|access-date=2022-01-02|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510085311/http://mpdanglican.org/}}
• Mossman Uniting Church, 36 Front Street ({{Coord|-16.4623|145.3738|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman Uniting Church}}){{Cite web|title=Mossman Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3773-mossman-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102041040/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3773-mossman-uniting-church}}{{Cite web|title=Mosman Uniting Church|url=https://mosmanuniting.org/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Mosman Uniting Church|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102041203/https://mosmanuniting.org/}}
• Mossman Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 60 Captain Cook Highway ({{Coord|-16.4745|145.3751|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mossman Seventh-Day Adventist Church}}){{Cite web|title=Mossman Seventh-Day Adventist Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/seventh-day-adventist/directory/3775-mossman-seventh-day-adventist-church|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102041643/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/seventh-day-adventist/directory/3775-mossman-seventh-day-adventist-church}}

Mossman Hospital is a public hospital at 9 Hospital Street ({{coord|-16.4639|145.3682|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=public hospital}}). It has an accident and emergency services, clinics, and an in-patient pharmacy.{{Cite web |date=September 2024 |title=Mosman Multi-Purpose Health Centre |url=https://www.cairns-hinterland.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-centres/mossman-mphs |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Queensland Health |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914225529/https://www.cairns-hinterland.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-centres/mossman-mphs |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Landmark Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121195536/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

Mossman has a number of sporting clubs including the Coral Coast Judo Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.coralcoastjudo.org/|title=Coral Coast Judo Club Inc.|website=www.coralcoastjudo.org|access-date=2019-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628132438/http://www.coralcoastjudo.org/|archive-date=28 June 2013|url-status=live}}

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• {{cite web|title=Mossman|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/mossman|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Queensland/Mossman/2005/02/17/1108500203586.html Town information from the Sydney Morning Herald]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99269613402061 Memories of Mossman Oral History 2006-2008], State Library of Queensland

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