The Cooktown Independent was a newspaper published in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.
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.