Cooktown, Queensland
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Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook be
View of Cooktown from Grassy Hill
Endeavour River
Endeavour replica sailing into Cooktown's harbour near the mouth of the Endeavour River where the original Endeavour was beached for 7 weeks in 1770.
Captain James Cook Commander, H.M.B. "Endeavour" which was beached and repaired near this site 17 June – 4 August 1770
Weipa
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Weipa is a coastal mining town in the local government area of Weipa Town in Queensland. It is one of the largest towns on the Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits a
Cooktown, Queensland
…Country Australia State Queensland LGA Shire of Cook Location 266 km (165 mi) N of Port Douglas 326 km (203 mi) N of Cairns 651 km (405 mi) SE of Weipa 1,999 km (1,242 mi) NNW of Brisbane Established 1873 Government • State electorate Cook • Federal division Leichhardt Area • Total 2,197.3 km2 (848.4…
Weipa
Bauxite section on kaolinitic sandstone, 1969
Mining equipment at the Comalco (now Rio Tinto Aluminium) bauxite mine; Weipa, 1995
Former Weipa Immigrant Detention Centre, 2010. It closed in 2014.