A statue of Captain ... year. Cook arrived in Sydney Cove in 1770 where he and his crew landed at Botany Bay, opening up the continent now known as Australia to colonisation by the British Crown.

Two British tourists have drowned off the ... Seventy - a town in Queensland named for the year Captain James Cook arrived in Australia. The pair were declared dead at the scene after being ...

The four spears were taken by Captain Cook's crew during their first contact with Australia in 1770. Captain Cook Square is being redeveloped into a leisure destination to attract new businesses.