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 repairs in 1770.Both the town and Mount Cook (431 metres or 1,415 feet) which rises up behind the town were named after James Cook.

This list of museums in Queensland, Australia contains museums that are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

Laura is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Laura had a population of 228 people.. It is the centre for the largest collection of prehistoric rock art in the world, including Quinkan Country which is …

Cairns Airport (IATA: CNS, ICAO: YBCS) is an international airport in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.Formerly operated by the Cairns Port Authority, the airport was sold by the Queensland Government in December 2008 to a private consortium.It is the seventh busiest airport in Australia.The airport is located 2.3 nautical miles (4.3 km; 2.6 mi) north northwest of Cairns or …

1860s. The uniform worn by Queensland police officers after separation in 1859 was a dark blue jacket and top with a forage cap, supplied by the New South Wales police.. 1864. The Queensland Police Force was established by the Queensland Government on 1 January 1864 with strength of 287 officers serving a population of 61,467. David Thompson Seymour …

Geography. Malanda is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, 85 kilometres (53 mi) from Cairns and 732 metres (2,402 ft) above sea level. The town is located downstream of the Malanda Falls on the North Johnstone River.. The northern entrance to the town passes the Malanda Falls.In comparison to the gorges of the escarpment the falls were created by the last …

This is a list of places in Queensland by urban centre population. Urban areas by population. Rank ... Cooktown: 1,749 1,619 Far North Queensland: 120 Pomona: 1,737 1,552 South East Queensland: 121 Gayndah: 1,717 1,644 Wide Bay-Burnett: 122 Crows Nest: 1,710 1,596 ...

This is a list of waterfalls in Australia.. Wallaman Falls in Queensland are Australia's tallest permanent waterfall with a plunge of nearly 300 metres (980 ft). Wollomombi Falls in New South Wales are second with a 220-metre (720 ft) combined drop and Ellenborough Falls, also in New South Wales, is third plunging 160 metres (520 ft) as a single drop.

Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005), known as Joh Bjelke-Petersen, was a conservative Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, during which time the state underwent considerable economic development. He has become one of the most well-known and …

South East Queensland is commonly considered to be a single region. It contains two statistical regions listed above, Brisbane and Moreton. The region has a population of 3,500,000 people, or 72% of the state's population. The area contains Brisbane, the state's capital city, as well as the Logan City, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley.