A tropical cyclone crossed north of Cooktown on 19 January 1907. The cyclone damaged three churches, two schools, four halls, three hotels, several shops and many homes. Nine deaths were recorded.
Cooktown cyclone, 1907
Quick Statistics
9
Fatalities
20000 pounds
Insurance Costs
Sources
Bureau of Meteorology, Tropical cyclone impacts along the Australian east coast from November to April 1858 to 2000, website viewed 2 May 2011.
Cairns Post, ‘Big storms’, 4 March 1927, p 9, viewed on Trove website (ID 40562844), 2 May 2011.
Fraser B, Macquarie book of events, 1983, p 573.
Queensland Government, Ferrari estates building, website viewed 2 May 2011.