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Port Douglas and Douglas town talk amid a somber cemetery scene
A Port Douglas community gathers around a grave with a guard formed by locals and visitors, while radio services, church prayers, and a steady stream of mourners fill the day. Residents discuss improving burial rites, dredging news, and local tensions as police monitor disturbances at the coast.
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Port
Douglas School
Joan
Grg
Townsville
Cairne
Alee
Howe
Gils Spencer
Mae
Reynolds
Claude Cockium
Gords
Gladstone
M. Scullett
Heather Way
Macause
Burney Polick
Con Forestry
Tral
Mara J. Appleyard
Keys Mack
Gare
Barde
He C
Meise
Ima
Messrs
Andreaseen Tar
Mercy
J. Reynolds
F Reynolds
C Connolly
P. Thurlow
Jon Fond
Rigaras Andrenames
Colla
Anrane
Gonoidars
Wendy Menteith
Ammette
South Briabane
Gorton
J McCishend
Wille
Souple Living Nest
Brishene
Corman
New Coast