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Cooktown Independent
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The Cooktown Independent was a newspaper published in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.
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The Cooktown Independent was first published in Cooktown on 6 June 1884 by James Fowler for Cooktown Independent Newspaper Company.[1] In 1937, it became the Cooktown Independent and Northern Sun.[2][3][4] From November 1939 to 1947, it was published in Mossman under the title Northern Boomerang.[5][6]
In November 1947, Brian Keighley Gerardy (also known as Brian Keighley-Gerardy) purchased the printing plant to relocate to Murgon to establish the Murgon Advertiser.[7]
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