The following review by Paul Brunton, the eminent curator of the State Library of New South Wales, first appeared in Cook’s Log Vol 42, No 2 (2019) the quarterly magazine ...
Captain Cook
Possession Island
Possession Island is a small and now uninhabited island of 500 hectares lying 17 km to the southwest of Cape York, but it has great significance to our nation. Just ...
Book Review: Into the Blue – Boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before
Into the Blue – Boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before by Tony Horwitz Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2002. 480pp., maps, index, bibliog.,pb., rrp $29.95 Reviewed by Bob Nicholls ...
Book Review: H.M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History
Captain Cook’s Plotting Board
There is a coffee table in Maritime Headquarters, Australia that has a link with Captain Cook. The table has a dark wooden board set into it with the board protected ...