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In 1770, the Endeavour, captained by James Cook, spent time in a harbour on the northern east coast of New Holland, undergoing repairs. The vessel was moored to a tree at that place, and that tree was still in situ when a settlement arose a century later. In January 1874, Mr Macmillan, the Government SurveyorContinue reading “The early days of Cooktown, in colour.”