Cooktown

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Basalt River
Now called the Morehead River, a tributary of the Hann River which flows into Princess Charlotte Bay on the east of Cape York Peninsula.

Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921 pp.631-2


Cape Bedford
Now called Hope Vale about 50km north of Cooktown.

Rowley, C.D., The Destruction of Aboriginal Society, Aboriginal Policy and Practice, Canberra, 1970, p.177.


Desert Creek
So named by R.L. Jack because he almost starved when travelling down it; now called Jack River, a tributary of the Normanly River which runs into Princess Charlotte Bay on the east of Cape York Peninsula.

Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.637.


Edwardstown
Now called Maytown, about 145km north west of Port Douglas

McGowan, Barry, Australian ghost towns, South Melbourne, 2002, p.91.


Fahey's Creek
So named after the Sub-Collector of Customs at Cooktown in 1875; now called Ethel Creek, runs eventually into the Mitchell River in Cape York Peninsula.

Martin, A.E., Place names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific, Sydney, 1944.


Gregory
A forgotten gold mining town surveyed at 16°04',　144°19', about 130km north west of Port Douglas.

Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.99.

Hamilton
Commonly called Middle Oakey, Hamilton was named after Thomas Hamilton, Cooktown's first magistrate. This forgotten missing town was surveyed in 1879 at 15°31', 145°06', about 20km west of Cooktown. The name survives for a local homestead.

Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.221.


Holroyd River
Now called the Lukin River, a tributary of the Coleman River running to the west of Cape York Peninsula.

Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.441.


Ida
A forgotten mining town of 16°03',　144°20', about 130km north west of Port Douglas.

Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.103.


Jackey-Jackey Creek
Now called the Kennedy River which falls into Princess Charlotte Bay on the eastern side of Cape York Peninsula.

Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.608.


Maytown
A forgotten gold mining town, originally called Edwardstown after the local butcher, Jack Edwards. Surveyed in 1875 by A.C. Macmillan who named it Maytown after his daughter; it had a post office from 1876 to 1945. Situated at 16°03',　144°17', about 135km north west of Port Douglas.

Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.105.


Roserook
Now called Normanby, about 40 km west of Cooktown.

Martin, A.E., Place names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific, Sydney, 1944.


View Hill
R.L. Jack's name for Foxs Lookout, about 30km south west of Moojeeba on Cape York Peninsula.

Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.498.


Yarraden
This forgotten gold mining town was surveyed in 1904 at 14°26', 143°18', on Cape York Peninsula.

Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.229.