Little Darwin is experiencing a veritable avalanche of material - interesting books and ephemera, nautical yarns and photographs collected by our Shipping Reporter , pictorial studies by Abra and Vallis , reports from roaming correspondents , the Queen of the Jungle phoning in nature notes .
A researcher friend added to the pile by producing seven magazines from a series of 12 about the early days of North Queensland produced by the Cairns Post in 2009 to mark Queensland's 150th anniversary. Making great use of early photographs , information supplied by descendants of settlers and the Cairns Historical Society , the publications make a good read . The fabulous Palmer River goldrush , cane cutters of Babinda and Gordonvale , tin mining and the first charter boat service to Green Island feature in the magazines along with a wealth of other information.
The editor, designer and series researcher was Cal Lindsay ; additional research provided by longtime Cairns journalist Alan Hudson . One of the contributors , Alec Martin, almost certainly was a former Northern Territory News, Darwin, reporter .
