Town of Cooktown
The Town of Cooktown is the former local government area for Cooktown in Far North Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1876 to 1932.
History
On 3 April 1876, Cooktown was established as a separate municipality, the Borough of Cooktown.[1][2]
On 11 November 1879, the Daintree was created as a local government for the coastal land surrounding Cooktown.[3]
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.[1][3][4][5]
On 16 January 1919, the Shire of Daintree was merged with the Shire of Hann to create the Shire of Cook, covering much of Cape York Peninsula.[5][6]
On 4 August 1932, the Town of Cooktown was abolished and absorbed into the Shire of Cook.[4]
Mayors
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The mayors of the town were:
- 1876–1877: John Walsh[7]
- 1878: Hector Menzies[7]
- 1879: S. Samper[7]
- 1880: Andrew Thredgold[7]
- 1881: Robert Baird[7]
- 1882: John Davis[7]
- 1883: F.C. Hodel[7]
- 1884–1885: Edward D'Arcy[7]
- 1886–1887: John Davis[7]
- 1888: James Savage,[7] or John Davis[8]
- 1889–1890: John Davis[7]
- 1891: ????
- 1892: J. Young[7]
- 1893: J. Clunn, junior[7]
- 1894–1895: J.L. Adams[7]
- 1896: W.T. Sleep[7]
- 1897: J.B. Martin[7]
- 1898–1901: P. E. Seagren [9]
- 1902–1903: J.H. Hargreaves[7]
- 1904: G. Fellows and J.H. Hargreaves[7]
- 1905–1908: P.E. Seagren[7]
- 1909–1911: George A. Love[7]
- 1912: W.P Anderson[7]
- 1913–1917: George A. Love[7]
- 1918–1922: ????
- 1923: A. S. Sampson[7]
- 1924–1925: S.J. Keane[7]
- 1926: ????
- 1927: Stephen John Keane [10]
- 1928: J. Martin[7]
- 1929: Henry Lee[7]
References
- ^ a b "Agency ID 605, Cooktown Municipal Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 6 August 1932. p. 138:400.
- ^ a b "Agency ID 813, Daintree Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Agency ID 1184, Cooktown Town Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Agency ID 814, Daintree Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Agency ID 603, Cook Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Pike, Glenville (1979). "Some of the Mayors of Old Cooktown". Queen of the north : a pictorial history of Cooktown and Cape York Peninsula. G. Pike. ISBN 978-0-9598960-5-3.
- ^ "Local Government Elections". The Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1-876613-79-3.
- ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
External links
- "Cooktown". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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