County Of Cook, Queensland
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The county of Cook is a cadastral division of
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, centred on the city of
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, and its name honours Captain
James Cook Captain (Royal Navy), Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer famous for his three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans, conducted between 176 ...
. It was officially named and bounded by the
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in Council on 7 March 1901 under the ''Land Act 1897''.


Parishes

Cook is divided into parishes, as listed below:


See also

* Lands administrative divisions of Queensland


References


External links

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Cook Cook or The Cook may refer to: Food preparation * Cooking, the preparation of food * Cook (domestic worker), a household staff member who prepares food * Cook (profession), an individual who prepares food for consumption in the food industry * C ...
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