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Cooktown Qld

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August 3rd 2022
Joseph Banks Journal - June 1770 10th June - but scarce were we warm in our beds when we were called up with the alarming news .... the ship being fast ashore upon a rock. 11th June - she leaked so fast that with all our pumps we could just keep her free... Fear of Death now stared us in the face. 12th June - at night came to an anchor...the fother keeping her almost clear.. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cooktown

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more