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Hope Vale Arts and Cultural Centre
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The Hope Vale Arts & Cultural Centre is at the heart of Guugu Yimithirr culture and actively involves Aboriginal people of all ages in passing on the cultural traditions and promoting the use and teaching of the Guugu Yimithirr language, which is alive and spoken daily by many local people.
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Museums & Galleries
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Jarramali Rock Art Tours
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Join us for a unique Aboriginal cultural experience exploring the Quinkan Rock Art sites near Laura.
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Lakeland and Laura
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Lion's Den Hotel
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Best pub meals 7 days a week including all day everyday pizza menu
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Cooktown
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Maaramaka Walkabout Tours
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Learn from one of the world's most ancient civilisations as they take you walkabout through the country of their ancestors.
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Tours
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From Cooktown
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Mary Watson
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Mary Beatrice Watson, nee Phillips, was born in the Cornish town of Truro, England. During the mid 1870's, her family emigrated to Queensland. While working in Cooktown, Mary met Captain R.F. Watson, a beche-de-mer fisherman. The couple married in Cooktown on 30 May 1880. They moved to Lizard Island where their son, Ferrier, was born in 1881. Their homestead was apparently built on an Aboriginal sacred site. It is widely believed that this provoked the attack on the holding.
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History & Culture
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Moreton Telegraph Station History
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Although as early as 1939 Australia was ranked 7th in terms of telephony traffic, Cape York was still very much disadvantaged in this regard, with mail being delivered by pack horse until after the end of the Second World War. It was only in 1987 that the construction of microwave telecommunications links allowed residents throughout Cape York to at last be able to communicate via dial telephones.
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Cape York Peninsula
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Palmer River Goldfields
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This remote reserve is located 280 kilometres north-west of Cairns with access via the Whites Creek turnoff from the Peninsula Developmental Road, to Granite and Cannibal creeks, then north to cross the Palmer River at Dog Leg Creek Junction south-east of Maytown - about three hours drive west of the Palmer River Roadhouse.
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History & Culture
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Parkinson's Word List
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First translations of the Guugu Yimithirr language
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History & Culture
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Quinkan Galleries
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Famous for its rock art, Quinkan Country contains a large and dramatic body of prehistoric rock paintings. These galleries have been identified as being at least 15,000 to 30,000years old and have been included on the Australian Heritage Estate and listed by UNESCO as being among the top 10 rock art sites in the world
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History & Culture
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Richard Pickersgill's Reef Chart
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A chart of the reefs surrounding Cooktown by Richard Pickersgill
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