Download coordinates as: Mossman is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.

[2][3] It is the administrative centre for the Douglas Shire Council[4] In the 2021 census, the locality of Mossman had a population of 1,935 people.

[5] Mossman Gorge, a popular attraction within Daintree National Park and the broader Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage area is located west of town.

The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.

The Mossman River, in turn, was named by the explorer George Dalrymple on 6 December 1873 after Hugh Mosman who discovered gold in Charters Towers.

[14] Mossman River State School opened on 31 January 1898 under head teacher Thomas Garland.

The establishment of the sugar mill at Mossman formed the nucleus of the town, which grew at the expense of Port Douglas.

Mossman district owes its present prosperity to these tramways which pioneered the first reasonable transport in the neighbourhood, for trafficable roads followed later.

[19] On Sunday 21 January 1906, St Augustine's Catholic church was consecrated by Bishop James Murray in the presence of several hundred spectators.

On Thursday 16 March 1911, a cyclone hit Mossman and Port Douglas doing considerable damage.

On Sunday 29 April 1934, Bishop John Heavey officially opened the new St Augustine's complex at Grogan Street, consisting of a presbytery, a combined church and school building, and a convent.

[31][26] During World War II, Mossman was attacked in a Japanese air raid on 31 July 1942.

A single flying boat dropped a bomb that fell near a house and injured a child.

[48] The Tropical North Steiner School has been approved to open in 2022; it will offer Prep to Year 3 initially.

[53] The Mossman branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 28 Front Street (16°27′41″S 145°22′26″E / 16.4614°S 145.3738°E / -16.4614; 145.3738 (CWA Hall)).