Cricket at Cooktown

Cooktown 1

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July 18th 2010
17th July: We walked downtown this morning to see what Cooktown is like - it’s a lovely town, with the most beautiful mountains all along the Endeavour River, and still some of the old buildings standing from the days when it was a bustling port for northern enterprises and gold from the Palmer River rush. There were markets on this morning, but didn’t buy anything as they were mostly food - ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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