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Cook Shire is the largest land area shire in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine River, it covers more than lipsum lore occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Our Location
Geography
Cook Shire is the largest shire in terms of land area in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine river it covers over 100,000 square kilometres and occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Geographically, Cook Shire is the meeting place of the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics and the outback.
Our shire is home to numerous national parks, protected areas and conservation zones, as well as some of the most unique natural environments in the world, and globally-renowned cultural sites.
Our Location
Geography
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Our Location
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Our Location
Geography
Cook Shire is the largest shire in terms of land area in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine river it covers over 100,000 square kilometres and occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Our shire is home to numerous national parks, protected areas and conservation zones, as well as some of the most unique natural environments in the world, and globally-renowned cultural sites.
Local Communities
Our townships
Cook Shire has a unique and colourful past and we are proud that included one of the first recorded acts of reconciliation between European explorers and the Traditional Owners of the Endeavour River area in 1770.
Today we continue to enjoy a vibrant mix of cultures and industries, thanks to our diverse population, vast area and unique natural assets. About half the Shire’s 5000-odd residents live in the major township of Cooktown, and our second largest township of Coen.
Smaller population centres are at Marton, Laura, Lakeland, Ayton, Rossville and Portland Roads, and offshore islands including Lizard Island, as well as significant numbers of people throughout the Bloomfield and Endeavour valleys.
Cook Shire is enriched by the unique contributions of its small communities:
- Coen prides itself on being the service centre for the far north;
- Laura is famous for its amazing rock art and the Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre;
- Lakeland for agriculture;and
- Rossville, Ayton Portland Roads for their low impact lifestyles, niche horticulture and eco-tourism ventures
Our Location
Geography
Cook Shire is the largest shire in terms of land area in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine river it covers over 100,000 square kilometres and occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Geographically, Cook Shire is the meeting place of the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics and the outback.
Our shire is home to numerous national parks, protected areas and conservation zones, as well as some of the most unique natural environments in the world, and globally-renowned cultural sites.
Our Location
Geography
Our Location
Geography
Cook Shire is the largest shire in terms of land area in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine river it covers over 100,000 square kilometres and occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Geographically, Cook Shire is the meeting place of the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics and the outback.
Our shire is home to numerous national parks, protected areas and conservation zones, as well as some of the most unique natural environments in the world, and globally-renowned cultural sites.
Our Location
Geography
Cook Shire is the largest shire in terms of land area in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine river it covers over 100,000 square kilometres and occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Geographically, Cook Shire is the meeting place of the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics and the outback.
Our shire is home to numerous national parks, protected areas and conservation zones, as well as some of the most unique natural environments in the world, and globally-renowned cultural sites.
Our Location
Geography
Cook Shire is the largest shire in terms of land area in Queensland. From the Bloomfield River in the south to just north of the Jardine river it covers over 100,000 square kilometres and occupies 80 per cent of Cape York Peninsula.
Our shire is home to numerous national parks, protected areas and conservation zones, as well as some of the most unique natural environments in the world, and globally-renowned cultural sites.