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 State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

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 repairs ...

Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...

, Australia. It existed from 1876 to 1932.

History

On 3 April 1876, Cooktown was established as a separate municipality, the

Borough of Cooktown A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

. 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 The Shire of Daintree is a former local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It comprised the coastal strip surrounding Cooktown but excluded the town itself which had been established as the Borough of Cooktown in 1886. Histo ...

. On 16 January 1919, the Shire of Daintree was merged with the

Shire of Hann The Shire of Hann is a former local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. History The Hann Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a popu ...

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

. 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