 It was renamed Mossman State School in 1910.A secondary department was opened on 1 February 1955, which operated until a separate Mossman State High School opened on 30 January 1973.The establishment and subsequent growth of Cairns and the completion of the Cairns Railway up through the Barron Gorge in 1891 gave a more direct gateway to the hinterland but, at this period, it was found that the Mossman district contained suitable land for sugar-growing.