Cook Shire
Queensland's largest local government area, covering an area of 105,718 square kilometres in the eastern and central Cape York Peninsula, the Shire of Cook was established in 1919 by amalgamating the Daintree and Hann Shires.
Both former shires were among the seventy-four Divisions created in November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act. Under the Local Authorities Act 1902's provisions, they became the Shires of Daintree and Hann at the end of March 1903.
The Borough of Cooktown proclaimed a municipality in April 1876 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864, subsequently became the Town of Cooktown, which was absorbed back into Cook Shire in August 1932.
Several Aboriginal communities administered under Deeds of Grant in Trust by community councils were part of the Shire until they were formally excised as Aboriginal Shires in 2005.
The Shire of Cook includes the following localities:
Cooktown
Laura
Coen
Archer River
Ayton
Bloomfield (shared with the Shire of Douglas)
Dixie
Ebagoola
Edward River
Helenvale
Holroyd River
Hope Vale (shared with the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale)
Iron Range
Jardine River
Lakefield
Lakeland
Lizard
Lizard Island
Lockhart River (shared with the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River)
Mapoon (shared with the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon)
Marton
Merapah
Mission River
Moojeeba
Palmer
Port Stewart
Portland Road
Rossville
Shelburne
Starcke
Wenlock
Yarraden
There are also several islands in the Coral Sea, including:
Raine Island
Lizard Island (in the locality of Lizard)
