Cooks' Cottage

Cooks' Cottage
Cooks' Cottage
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Established15 October 1934 (1934-10-15)[1][2][3][4][5]
LocationFitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia[6]
Coordinates37°48′52.16″S 144°58′46.02″E / 37.8144889°S 144.9794500°E / -37.8144889; 144.9794500
Websitewhatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/things-to-do/cooks-cottage

Cooks' Cottage, also known as Captain Cook's Cottage,[7] is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook,[8] and was brought to Melbourne in 1934 by the Australian philanthropist Sir Russell Grimwade.[9][10] It is a point of conjecture among historians whether James Cook, the famous navigator, ever lived in the house, but almost certainly he visited his parents at the house.[8]

The inside of the cottage includes centuries-old antiques and is stylised in the way of the 18th century, as are the clothes of the volunteer guides.[9]

  1. ^ "CAPTAIN COOK'S' COTTAGE HANDED OVER : Presented To Victoria By Mr. Russell Grimwade: "PRECIOUS RELIC SET IN OLD=WORLD GARDEN"". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 16 October 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 6 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "CAPTAIN COOK'S COTTAGE: Presented To Victoria By Mr. Russell Grimwade". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXVII, no. 40,166. Adelaide. 18 October 1934. p. 49. Retrieved 6 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Mr Cyril Noisette; Captain James Cook RN; Captain Cooks Cottage (1934), Booklet - Victoria Centenary Souvenir, 1934-1935, Museum Victoria, retrieved 6 September 2017
  4. ^ Souvenir of the unveiling of the memorial to Captain James Cook : erected on the site formerly occupied by his cottage at Great Ayton, Yorks, by Mrs R. Linton ... : Monday the 15th day of October, 1934 at 3pm, County Borough of Middlesbrough, 1934, retrieved 6 September 2017
  5. ^ "Deeds of Captain Cook's Cottage". The Argus. No. 27,801. Melbourne. 26 September 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 6 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "CAPT. COOK'S COTTAGE. FITZROY GARDENS SITE CHOSEN". The Age. No. 24,551. Melbourne. 19 December 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 6 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia., ... they had decided against the National Gallery site, which was wholly unsuitable...
  7. ^ Davidson, Helen (23 January 2014). "Captain Cook's cottage vandalised with graffiti referencing Australia Day". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b The Captain Cook Society: Cook's Log, page 212, volume 6, number 3 (1983).
  9. ^ a b "Cooks' Cottage". City of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  10. ^ "CAPTAIN COOK'S COTTAGE. :ANOTHER CENTENARY GIFT.:Mr. Russell Grimwade's Generosity". The Argus. No. 27,105. Melbourne. 1 July 1933. p. 21. Retrieved 6 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.