County of Cook, Queensland

Cook
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Cook:
Flinders Coral Sea Coral Sea
Bowen Cook Coral Sea
Mackenzie Lennox March

The county of Cook is a cadastral division of Queensland, centred on the city of Bundaberg,[1] and its name honours Captain James Cook. It was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.[2]

  1. ^ Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of Cook Maps - D3 Series at Queensland Archives.
  2. ^ "Cook (entry 8035)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.