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James Cook Historical Museum

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James Cook Historical Museum
James Cook Historical Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Cooktown Museum (formerly James Cook Historical Museum) is a heritage-listed former convent and school and now museum at Furneaux Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1888 to 1889 Hobbs & Carter. It was formerly known as St Mary's Convent and School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 (under the name James Cook Historical Museum).

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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