Cooktown

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Cooktown is a small coastal town in Far North Queensland, Australia, known as the site of Captain James Cook’s 1770 landing and for its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef and Cape York wilderness.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cooktown canonical 6
Cooktown Harbour 1
Cooktown region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal town
town
climateCode Aw
coordinates approximately 15.46°S 145.25°E
country Australia
directionFromCairns north
distanceToCairns about 330 km
electoralDistrictState Cook
electoralDivisionFederal Leichhardt
established 1873
famousFor access to Cape York wilderness
proximity to Great Barrier Reef
site of James Cook’s 1770 landing
governingBody Cook Shire Council
hasAirport Cooktown Airport
hasAttraction Nature reserves and national parks nearby
Waterfront and wharf precinct
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasEvent Cooktown Discovery Festival
hasHeritage Cooktown Botanic Gardens
Grassy Hill Lighthouse
hasMuseum James Cook Museum
historicalEvent repair of HMS Endeavour in 1770
languageRegion Guugu Yimithirr language region
localGovernmentArea Shire of Cook
locatedIn Cape York Peninsula
locatedNorthOf Cairns
Port Douglas
locatedOn Cooktown self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cooktown Harbour

Endeavour River
locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
namedAfter James Cook
near Great Barrier Reef
nearbyNationalPark Endeavour River National Park
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
surface form: Mount Cook National Park
originatedAs port for Palmer River goldfields
postcode 4895
primaryIndustries fishing
government services
tourism
region Far North Queensland
roadAccessVia Mulligan Highway
state Queensland
timeZone AEST
traditionalOwners Guugu Yimithirr people
utcOffset +10:00

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cooktown
Description of subject: Cooktown is a small coastal town in Far North Queensland, Australia, known as the site of Captain James Cook’s 1770 landing and for its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef and Cape York wilderness.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape York Peninsula contains Cooktown
Wet Tropics of Queensland extendsTo Cooktown
this entity surface form: Cooktown region
Far North Queensland contains Cooktown
Cooktown locatedOn Cooktown self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cooktown Harbour
Bloomfield Track nearbyTown Cooktown
Endeavour River nearestTown Cooktown
Endeavour River mouthNear Cooktown