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History of Cape York

Pre-Contact 1700

Pre-contact 1700

Willem Janzsoon charted about 300km into Cape York and also landed in the Cape at 1606. Janzsoon had land a point at Pennefather river and coastline the map and started going to the tip. James Cook sailed the east coast of Australia.

Contact 1770 to 1800

  • The Cooktown to Laura railway was opened in 1885, to transport gold and people.
  • The Cooktown lighthouse was built in 1886.
  • jack and his wife decide to open the hotel and also jack ross had die in he age if 23 in 1889

Contact 1890 to 1950

  • Mapoon Mission was established under the name Batavia River Mission by Moravian missionaries on behalf of the Presbyterian Church of Australia
  • Many children were removed from their families to be sent to the mission

Post Contact 1950

Harry Evan discovering bauxite near the site of the original Weipa mission Following the discovery of economic bauxite deposits near Weipa in 1955 and also was As the mining operations expanded, so too did the town

  • y Rio Tinto, the Weipa bauxite mine is located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Rio Tinto Aluminum of bauxite annually.

Post contact 1960 to 1972

On November 15, 1963, an armed detachment of Queensland Police arrived at the Aboriginal community of Mapoon with orders to forcibly remove 23

Contemporary 1972 to 2000

in the 1980 the lura Dance troupes from across the Cape York and the Torres Strait will gather in the small community of Laura to showcase stories and there culture will spread all around Australia

Contemporary after 2000

The barramundi is entwined in the history of Karumba and the day to day lives of the region’s inhabitants. and then lots of tourism went to Karumba wellknown barramundi hotspot and location of the only barramundi hatchery.

Bibliography

  • Cook Shire Council. (2015). Cooktown Railway. https://cooktownandcapeyork.com/do/history/cooktown-railway
  • Cook Shire Council. (2015). The Historic Lion's Den Hotel.https://cooktownandcapeyork.com/do/history/historiclionsden
  • Solidarity. (2008). Mapoon: the burning of a community. https://www.solidarity.net.au/mag/back/2008/7/mapoon-the-burning-of-a-community/#:~:text=On%20November%2015%2C%201963%2C%20an%20armed%20detachment%20of,into%20people%E2%80%99s%20homes%20and%20rounded%20up%20the%20occupants.https://www.lauraquinkanfestival.com.au/pages/about/
  • https://www.lauraquinkanfestival.com.au/pages/about/
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