COOKTOWN  , a seaport of See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• QUEENSLAND

Queensland, See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, at the mouth of the Endeavour See also:

• RIVER

river, about 1050 M. See also:

• DIRECT

direct N.N.W. of See also:

• BRISBANE
• BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL

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
• PEARL, THE

pearl See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery . See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

Tin and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold are worked in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, in which also See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee and See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice are grown . Cooktown is the See also:

• PORT

port of the See also:

• PALMER
• PALMER, EDWARD HENRY (1840-1882)
• PALMER, ERASTUS DOW (1817-1904)
• PALMER, GEORGE (1818-1897)
• PALMER, JOHN
• PALMER, RAY (1808-1887)
• PALMER, SAMUEL (1805-1881)
• PALMER, SIR CHARLES MARK, BART

Palmer gold-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, and a railway runs to Laura on the gold-fields, 67 m . W. by S. of Cooktown . It is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief port of Queensland for the New See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade; and is also the seat of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic vicariate apostolic whose See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop has See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction over the whole of Queensland See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• LAT

lat . 18° 50' . In 1770 See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook here beached his See also:

• SHIP

ship the " Endeavour," to repair the damage caused by her striking a See also:

• REEF (1)

reef in the neighbourhood of the See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, which he could only clear by throwing his guns overboard . Cooktown became a See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1876 . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the See also:

• TOWN

town and district in 19o1 was 1936 .