Cooktown, Queensland
town in Queensland, Australia
Cooktown is the northernmost town on the east coast of Australia. In 2006, there were 2093 people living in the town. It is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. Cooktown is named after the English explorer, Captain James Cook, and the Endeavour River is named after his ship, the Endeavour.
| Cooktown Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 View of Cooktown from Grassy Hill | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 15°28′8.5″S 145°15′5.5″E / 15.469028°S 145.251528°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,631 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1873 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4895 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 6.0 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Cook | ||||||||||||||
| County | Banks | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Its population of 2000 doubles each June as the community re-enact Cook’s historic landing, complete with replica ship, cannon fire and period costume.[2]
References
change- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooktown (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ Erin O'Dwyer, ''Cooktown: Place of endeavour ', Australian Geographic Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, AG Online, accessed online August 7, 2010
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