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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 76 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COOKTOWN , a seaport of See also:

Banks See also:county, See also:Queensland, See also:Australia, at the mouth of the Endeavour See also:river, about 1050 M. See also:direct N.N.W. of See also:Brisbane. It is visited by the ocean steamers of several lines, and is the centre of a very extensive beche-de-mer and See also:pearl See also:fishery. See also:Tin and See also:gold are worked in the See also:district, in which also See also:good See also:coffee and See also:rice are grown. Cooktown is the See also:port of the See also:Palmer gold-See also:fields, and a railway runs to Laura on the gold-fields, 67 m. W. by S. of Cooktown. It is the See also:chief port of Queensland for the New See also:Guinea See also:trade; and is also the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic vicariate apostolic whose See also:bishop has See also:jurisdiction over the whole of Queensland See also:north of See also:lat. 18° 50'. In 1770 See also:Captain See also:Cook here beached his See also:ship the " Endeavour," to repair the damage caused by her striking a See also:reef in the neighbourhood of the See also:estuary, which he could only clear by throwing his guns overboard. Cooktown became a See also:municipality in 1876. The See also:population of the See also:town and district in 19o1 was 1936.

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