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The forest behind the centre.
An ancient rainforest, the people whose Country it is and a centre opened in 1989 offer several ways into the story of the Daintree Discovery Centre.
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Eastern Kuku Yalanji Country
The Daintree is the Country of the eastern Kuku Yalanji people. On 29 September 2021 they won formal ownership of 160,213 hectares, including Daintree National Park.
The rainforest takes its name from the Daintree River, named after the geologist and photographer Richard Daintree (1832–1878). That name is recent beside the Kuku Yalanji’s long connection to this land.
A rainforest of World Heritage
The Daintree Rainforest covers about 1,200 square kilometres and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, added to the World Heritage List in 1988.
Around 3,000 plant species grow here, and more than 12,000 insect species have been recorded.
A centre for visitors
The Daintree Rainforest Environmental Centre opened in 1989 and is now the Daintree Discovery Centre, one of 23 Wet Tropics Visitor Information Centres.
This history belongs to the place and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
- Daintree Discovery Centre: History
- Daintree Discovery Centre: The centre
- Wikipedia: Daintree Rainforest
Links lead to the original publishers.
