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Cairns: The coast where Cook's voyage almost came unstuck
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WEB Graeme Lay heads to Cairns to research Captain James Cook's mishap on the Queensland coral, and boards a replica ship to get a real sense of the explorer's intrepid journey. Only minutes after the ...
The Big Captain Cook In Cairns - Big Things of Australia
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WEB Apr 11, 2021 · The enormous statue, depicting an Australian explorer called Captain James Cook, was erected off the Cook Highway, Cairns, Queensland, in 1972. The sculpture once accompanied The Captain Cook Motel that has since been demolished, leaving the landmark standing lonely and the locals divided about its fate. The locals are undecided …
Captain Cook Statue | Cairns, Queensland - Lonely Planet
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WEB Cairns. You won't be able to miss this mammoth statue, one of Australia's most controversial 'Big Things'. Looming over the city's main road since 1972, the 10m-high concrete likeness of Captain James Cook – depicted with his right arm extended and outstretched hand palm-down – evokes a whirlwind of sentiment from both visitors and …
Captain James Cook | Monument Australia
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WEB May 9, 2018 · This cairn is dedicated to the memory of Captain James Cook who sailed past this headland on his voyage of discovery on 17th. May, 1770. Erected By Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland Progress Association. Bi-Centenary Year 1970. Source: MA. Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au.
Controversial Cairns Captain Cook statue is on the move
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WEB For more than half a century, an iconic statue of Captain James Cook has stood proudly and prominently in Cairns … but he’s now on the move. The land on which the eight-metre concrete colossus stands has been bought by the James Cook University … and the sometimes controversial figure was considered surplus to requirements.
Captain Cook statue in Cairns: Controversial structure being
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WEB The 10m-high concrete statue of Captain James Cook in Cairns. File image. Credit: Robyn Rankin / AAP “Since 1972, the James Cook statue on Sheridan Street has stood as a symbol of colonialism and genocide. It’s a slap in the face to all Indigenous people,” Indigenous artist Emma Hollingsworth wrote in a petition calling for the statue’s ...
Lieutenant James Cook | Monument Australia - Monuments of …
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WEB Apr 25, 2016 · The cairn commemorates Lieutenant James Cook who landed in Queensland at Bustard Bay in May 1770. It stands on the site where one of Cook's crew carved the date on a tree near where they came ashore. On Wednesday 24 May 1770, Lieutenant James Cook anchored the Endeavour about 3 kilometres off this part of the …
Captain Cook statue looms over Australian colonial history furore
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WEB Jun 20, 2020 · For half a century, a giant statue of Captain James Cook has towered over Cairns, an Australian city where one in 10 people is Aboriginal. Now the monument to the British explorer has become the ...
About Cairns : Local History : Cairns History - Cairns Connect
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WEB Captain James Cook sailed up the North Queensland coast on his first Voyage of Discovery in June 1770, aboard his ship the HM Bark Endeavour. Captain Cook was the first known European to visit the site where todays City of Cairns is located. There is ongoing debate about Dutch explorers arriving on Cape York almost one hundred and …
Infamous Captain Cook statue removed in Cairns - news.com.au
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WEB May 28, 2022 - 12:41PM. A controversial statue of Captain Cook has been removed after sparking outrage over the monument’s Nazi-like salute and for being a “symbol of colonialism and genocide ...
‘Historical moment’: Sheridan Street’s Captain Cook statue to …
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WEB May 19, 2022 · Martin Anton of Anton Demolitions is ready to remove the statue of Captain James Cook on Sheridan Street, which he bought for $1 earlier this year. Picture: Marc McCormack. He said it was a ...
Cairns’ most controversial tourist attraction giant Captain Cook …
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WEB May 24, 2022 · Cairns' giant Captain James Cook statue has been relocated by its new owner who bought the city's most controversial tourist attraction for a dollar. Stacey Eldridge Digital Reporter less than 2 ...
Hike to Cook’s Look - Lizard Island Resort
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WEB Follow in the footsteps of Captain James Cook as he hiked to the top of the mountain to get an understanding of how to navigate his ship, The Endeavour back. Make a book ing. Itineraries ... 240 kilometres north of Cairns. Situated 240 kilometers north of Cairns and 27 kilometers off the Queensland coastline, Lizard Island is a one-hour scenic ...
Cairns historian reveals origin of roadside Captain Cook statue's …
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WEB Jun 17, 2020 · The gigantic Captain Cook statue has stood beside a busy Cairns street for almost 50 years. A historian says the statue is based on an illustration of Cook gesturing at threatening Aboriginals. An ...
Statue of Captain Cook removed in Cairns | SBS NITV
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WEB May 24, 2022 · Since 1972, the almost 10-metre concrete statue of Captain James Cook has towered over Cairns. Today, it was pulled down. The statue towered over Sheridan Street, near the northern entrance to the ...
Historical Information - Cairns Australia
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WEB The History of Cairns. Captain James Cook journeyed up the North Queensland coast on his first Voyage of Discovery in 1770, aboard the HM Bark Endeavour, arriving on Trinity Sunday and naming the area Trinity Bay. The journey was not a pleasant one as the Great Barrier Reef is one of the most difficult waterways to navigate in the world.
Calls to replace the Captain Cook statue divide FNQ - cairnspost
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WEB Workers begin cutting the Captain James Cook statue on Sheridan Street, Cairns on Tuesday May 24, 2022. Photo: Matthew Newton. Sheridan Street is a hive of activity as the crews prepare to cut the ...
