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The sugar industry spurred Mossman's development. Two galvanized iron hotels were moved to Front Street from Craiglie in 1894, to become the Royal Hotel and Mossman Hotel, and the Queens Hotel was built in 1896. Mossman was linked to Port Douglas by a tramway in 1900 (sugar was shipped from Port Douglas from 1897 to 1958), and a tramway depot was located at the corner of Mill and Front Streets, near the Mossman Triangle. The town had five hotels by 1910, including the Exchange, Mossman, Royal, Post Office, and Queens. After the 1911 cyclone damaged buildings in both Mossman and Port Douglas, businesses and government buildings located at Port Douglas gravitated to Mossman. One of the early sugar suppliers to the Mossman Central Mill was Denis O'Brien, whose wife Teresa ran the first Exchange Hotel. O'Brien operated a hotel in Cooktown with Teresa from 1874, moved to Port Douglas in 1877, and opened the North Australian Hotel (now the Central Hotel). In 1893 O'Brien selected land near Mossman.[10] He grew sugar and was a director of the Mossman Central Mill, with his son Edward Joseph O'Brien (one of eight children) later serving as chairman of directors for many years. FW Buchanan built the first Exchange Hotel for the O'Brien's c. 1896, and Teresa O'Brien is listed in the 1897 Pugh's Almanac as running the Exchange Hotel in Mossman. In 1904 the eldest O'Brien daughter, Kate, married Daniel J Kirwan, who became the licensee of the hotel in 1905, the year Denis O'Brien died at his property "Finlayvale". The Exchange Hotel was originally one storey, but had a second storey by 16 March 1911 when a cyclone destroyed the upper floor. The hotel was repaired and continued to serve the town, despite being damaged again in a 1920 cyclone. Licensees of the hotel between 1914 and 1932 included EJ O'Brien, Sarah Ann Agnew, William Hyslop, Ellen Maud Petersen, Helena Norman McKenna, Teresa Nugent (nee O'Brien), and Ellen Constance O'Brien. Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/Exchange_Hotel,_Mossman#/History

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163988107# - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 27th April, 1904. Per the Sydney Mail the pic was taken on 'Holstein'' farm, near Clifton, on the Darling Downs, in Queensland.

10 Things You May Not Know About Blackall Blackall is a gorgeous Outback town on the banks of the Barcoo River, just off the Landsborough Highway. It is a town filled with fascinating history, world records, art, spirit, and much more! 1. The world record for shearing was set in 1892 in Blackall 2. Blackall was one of the first Queensland towns to sink an artesian bore 3. The saying “beyond the black stump” comes from Blackall 4. Blackall is home to the last remaining steam-driven Woolscour in Australia 5. Blackall was named after the Governor of Queensland at the time 6. The first meeting of the Shearers Union was held in Blackall 7. Blackall once reached 45.7°C! 8. Blackall is known as the Arts Capital of the West 9. The world record for the highest goat jump was set in Blackall Did you know that Jackie Howe wasn’t the only one to set a world record in Blackall? In 1905, William “Roy” Dunne and his goat, Nugget, set a world record when they jumped over a 1.07-meter hurdle at the Blackall Showgrounds. Roy was only around 14 years old and seven stone at the time! 10. Blackall’s cemetery dates back to the 1800s Source: 7weekender.com/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-blackall/