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Cooktown (Waymbuurr)

Cooktown lies at the mouth of the Endeavour River, where James Cook beached the damaged Endeavour for repairs in 1770 at Waymbuurr, a Guugu Yimithirr meeting place. A dispute over turtles taken by the crew ended in Australia's first recorded act of reconciliation, when a Guugu Yimithirr elder offered a broken-tipped spear. The town was founded in 1873 as the port for the Palmer River goldfield.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1770 CE mainstream
  The damaged Endeavour is moored for repairs on the Endeavour River (Waalumbaal Birri) from June to August source
• 1770 CE mainstream
  First recorded act of reconciliation (19 July): a Guugu Yimithirr elder offers a broken-tipped spear after a dispute over turtles source
• 1873 CE mainstream
  Cooktown founded (25 October) as the supply port for the Palmer River goldfield source
• 1887 CE mainstream
  Cook Monument erected beside the beaching site; foundation stone laid on 1 September source
• 1959 CE mainstream
  Yearly re-enactment of the 1770 landing begins source
• 2021 CE mainstream
  Reconciliation Rocks entered in the Queensland Heritage Register (28 May) source

Where

15.4635° S, 145.2500° E

Sources

• https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/heritage/council/media-releases/reconciliation-rocks-heritage-listed
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooktown,_Queensland
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooks_Monument_and_Reserve

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