James Cook Museum
cnr of Helen and Furneaux Streets, Cooktown
Tel: (07) 4069 5386
One of Cooktown’s significant buildings, today’s museum was the convent

of St Mary when erected in the late 1880s. With its special connection to

the navigator Lieutenant James Cook, the museum’s collection includes an

Endeavour cannon, one of six jettisoned when Cook’s barque struck the

Barrier Reef in 1770. Other items in the collection include the original

Endeavour anchor, Chinese and indigenous artefacts, early Cooktown and

convent history.
Open: daily 9.30am–4pm.

National Trust Heritage Centre
5 Castling Street, Townsville
Tel: (07) 4771 5873
This historic house complex displays three typical North Queensland

Houses,each furnished in appropriate style, with an emphasis on items

made inNorth Queensland. The complex includes a simple miner’s cottage

from the early 1880s, a comfortable villa residence from late in the same

decade and a 1920s farmhouse.
Open: Wed 10am–2pm, weekends 1–4pm. Groups by appointment.

Hou Wang Temple & Museum
Tel: (07) 4091 6945
Herberton Road, Atherton
The only surviving building from a Chinese settlement founded in Atherton

in the 1880s, Hou Wang Temple was constructed of timber and corrugated

iron and opened in 1903. For decades it was the social and religious heart

of Atherton’s Chinese community. The existing fittings for the temple,

includingthe elaborate carvings, bell, ding and metal vessels were made in

China.
Open: Wed to Sun, 11am-4pm.

Stock Exchange
76 Mosman Street, Charters Towers
Tel: (07) 3223 6666
This grand masonry building was originally built in 1888 as a shopping
arcade, and by 1890 became home to the Stock Exchange. The building

has a glassed roof interior with tessellated tile floor.
Contact NTQ or visit the website for opening hours.

Charters Towers Museum
Mosman Street, Charters Towers
Tel: (07) 3223 6666
The Museum is housed in a late nineteenth century commercial building
(c.1883) and contains items pertaining to the history of Charters Towers.
Contact NTQ or visit the website for opening hours.

Tent House
Fourth Avenue Motor Inn, Fourth Avenue, Mount Isa
Tel: (07) 3223 6666
The Tent House is a timber-framed house with a canvas roof under a

freestanding galvanised iron roof. This environmental adaptation was once
common in Mount Isa for miners’ accommodation.
Open: by appointment.