The Town of Cooktown is the former

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

for

Cooktown Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the '' Endeavour'', for ...

Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stret ...

, Australia. It existed from 1876 to 1932.

History

On 3 April 1876, Cooktown was established as a separate municipality, the Borough of Cooktown. On 11 November 1879, the Daintree was created as a local government for the coastal land surrounding Cooktown. 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. On 16 January 1919, the Shire of Daintree was merged with the Shire of Hann to create the

Shire of Cook The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland. It covers an area ...

, covering much of

Cape York Peninsula The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...

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

Mayors

The mayors of the town were: * 1876–1877: John Walsh *1878: Hector Menzies *1879: S. Samper *1880: Andrew Thredgold *1881: Robert Baird *1882: John Davis *1883: F.C. Hodel *1884–1885: Edward D'Arcy *1886–1887: John Davis *1888: James Savage, or John Davis *1889–1890: John Davis *1891: ???? *1892: J. Young *1893: J. Clunn, junior *1894–1895: J.L. Adams *1896: W.T. Sleep *1897: J.B. Martin * 1898–1901: P. E. Seagren *1902–1903: J.H. Hargreaves *1904: G. Fellows and J.H. Hargreaves *1905–1908: P.E. Seagren *1909–1911: George A. Love *1912: W.P Anderson *1913–1917: George A. Love *1918–1922: ???? *1923: A. S. Sampson *1924–1925: S.J. Keane *1926: ???? * 1927: Stephen John Keane *1928: J. Martin *1929: Henry Lee

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooktown Town Former local government areas of Queensland 1876 establishments in Australia 1932 disestablishments in Australia