The Cooktown Cemetery and Chinese Shrine is located about a kilometre out of town along McIvor Road.  Here the visitor can piece together some of Cooktown's amazing history.  Although there are no Chinese graves evident, the shrine stands as a memorial to these hardy people who played such an important part in the development of Far North Queensland.

Here also, you can see the grave of a lady dubbed "The Normanby Woman", who lived with the Aboriginal people of the Normanby River area.  As well, the grave of Mrs Watson can be viewed.