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Town of Cooktown

Coordinates: 15°25′S 145°16′E / 15.41°S 145.26°E / -15.41; 145.26
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The Town of Cooktown is the former local government area for Cooktown in Far North Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1876 to 1932.

History

Map of Borough of Cooktown and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

On 3 April 1876, Cooktown was established as a separate municipality, the Borough of Cooktown.[1][2]

On 11 November 1879, the Daintree was created as a local government for the coastal land surrounding Cooktown.[3]

On 31 March 1903 with the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Borough of Cooktown became the Town of Cooktown and the Daintree Division became the Shire of Daintree.[1][4][3][5]

On 16 January 1919, the Shire of Daintree was merged with the Shire of Hann to create the Shire of Cook, covering much of Cape York Peninsula.[5][6]

On 4 August 1932, the Town of Cooktown was abolished and absorbed into the Shire of Cook.[4]

Mayors

  • 1888: John Davis [7]
  • 1898: P. E. Seagren [8]
  • 1927: Stephen John Keane [9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Agency ID 605, Cooktown Municipal Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 6 August 1932. p. 138:400.
  3. ^ a b "Agency ID 813, Daintree Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Agency ID 1184, Cooktown Town Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Agency ID 814, Daintree Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Agency ID 603, Cook Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Local Government Elections". The Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  8. ^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1 876613 79 3.
  9. ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  • "Cooktown". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

15°25′S 145°16′E / 15.41°S 145.26°E / -15.41; 145.26