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Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse Sign
Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse Sign
Captain Cook Lighhouse / March 2013
Captain Cook Relief
Captain Cook Lighthouse 2 / March 2013
Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse Sign
Captain Cook Plaque 1 / March 2013
Captain Cook Plaque 2 /March 2013
Captain Cook Plaque 3 / March 2013
Captain Cook Plaque 4 / March 2013
Captain Cook Plaque 5 / March 2013
Captain Cook Lighthouse Map/ March 2013

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

The monument and lighthouse built in 1970 commemorates the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cook's exploration, charting and claiming of the east coast of Australia for the British Empire in 1770. 

Captain James Cook claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia for Great Britain on 22 August 1770, naming eastern Australia, 'New South Wales.'

 

Location

Address:Tweed Terrace & Boundary Street , Point Danger, Coolangatta, 4225
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -28.164185
Long: 153.550891
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1970
Front Inscription

CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL
    AND LIGHTHOUSE

     Erected In 1970

To Commemorate The 200th Anniversary Of
The Discovery Of The East Coast Of Australia
By Captain Cook R.N. Commanding H.M. Barque 
" Endeavour ' On Its Historic " Voyage Of Discovery "
               1768 - 1771

Sighted And Named Point Danger On The 
Morning Of 17th May 1770

Extract of Journal
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Source: ACPH, MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au