Cook Shire Council has condensed the re-branded Cooktown Expo 2020 into a dynamic three week program following feedback from stakeholders. The Cook Shire Council-led Cooktown 2020 Festival, initially planned to be a 48-day program, was recently rebranded as the Cooktown Expo 2020, with an increased focus on building business capacity and economic development. The 48-day […]
Declaration of Australia: three epic strands in a grand narrative
September 19th, 2017
Published in The Australia, 16 September 2017 by Noel Pearson I come from the region first dubbed York Cape by James Cook, just before he claimed possession of the eastern seaboard on behalf of the British crown. He did so at Possession Island in the Torres Strait on August 22, 1770. The claimed land […]
Rounded perspective incorporates James Cook’s ship and shore
September 16th, 2017
Published in The Australian, 16 September 2017 In the collection of the National Museum of Australia in Canberra is an embroidered silk sampler, fashioned by hand in the late 18th or early 19th century, that maps the voyages of maritime explorer James Cook. The needlework was made by a young Englishwoman who painstakingly drew […]
Sam Neil visits Cooktown
September 14th, 2017
Sam Neil spent time in Cooktown recently during filming for an upcoming series on James Cook.
COOK REDISCOVERED
September 11th, 2017
The Australian published a major piece by Trent Dalton over a series of days in September 2017 entitled Cook Rediscovered – The long voyage to Terra Australis.
Cook Shire Council Media Release
September 7th, 2017
The 2017 Discovery Festival opened and closed with a literal bang and, thanks to a range of new initiatives, is being heralded as the best festival yet.
Media Release: The new look Discovery Festival starts by looking back with the inaugural Mayor’s Community Maroon Ball
September 7th, 2017
The revitalised program for the annual Cooktown Discovery has now been revealed with one of the highlights being the Mayor’s Community Maroon ball.
Media Release: Rediscover the Cooktown Discovery Festival
September 7th, 2017
Regular attendees of the Cooktown Discovery Festival will find the program and events for 2017 reinvented with the creation of two separate events and a wide range of new inclusions.
