Cooktown, Queensland

Cooktown
Queensland
Cooktown; Queensland
	View of Cooktown from Grassy Hill
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Coordinates	15°28′8.5″S 145°15′5.5″E / 15.469028°S 145.251528°ECoordinates: 15°28′8.5″S 145°15′5.5″E / 15.469028°S 145.251528°E
Population	2,631 (2016 census)
Established	1873
Postcode(s)	4895
Elevation	6.0 m (20 ft)
Location	2,034 km (1,264 mi) from Brisbane ; 326 km (203 mi) from Cairns ; 267 km (166 mi) from Port Douglas ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Cook
County	Banks
State electorate(s)	Cook
Federal division(s)	Leichhardt
	Localities around Cooktown:

Cooktown is the northernmost town on the east coast of Australia. In 2006, there were 2093 people living in the town. It is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. Cooktown is named after the English explorer, Captain James Cook, and the Endeavour River is named after his ship, the Endeavour.

Its population of 2000 doubles each June as the community re-enact Cook’s historic landing, complete with replica ship, cannon fire and period costume.^[2]

Cooktown, Queensland Media

View of Cooktown from the Coral Sea, 2025
Endeavour River. en:Cooktown, Queensland
HM Bark Endeavour replica in Cooktown
Photo taken in Cooktown in 2007
Cooktown during the gold rush, 1874
A visit of Chinese Commissioners to Cooktown in 1887.
Locomotive at the Cooktown Railway Station, ca 1889
James Cook Historical Museum, 2006
The Mystery Orchid, Cooktownia robertsii, first recorded and also illustrated by Lewis Roberts (naturalist), and named after both him and Cooktown
Cooktown orchids, the state floral emblem of Queensland (Australia) grown in my garden only 20 km from Cooktown. They are growing on a Paperbark tree.