Cooks' Cottage

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Typenot specifiedIdentifierUMA-PL-000000516History

The house once occupied by James Cook's parents was removed from Great Ayton, Yorkshire England, and re-erected in Melbourne's Fitzroy gardens. The house was purchased in 1934 by Russell Grimwade then dismantled and moved stone by stone and re-constructed as a gift to celebrate the State of Victoria's Centenary Year.

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Dates

Date1934-Date ContextDate of reconstruction

Dates

Date1755-Date ContextDate of original construction

Location

AddressWellington Parade, East Melbourne, 3002, AustraliaCoordinates (Point)^[1]

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Part ofFitzroy GardensOwned byGrimwade, Wilfrid Russell

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