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The 46-year-old man and his 17-year-old son reportedly got into difficulty while swimming at a beach in Seventeen Seventy - named after the year Captain James Cook ... called to 1770 after reports ...

The BBC has reported that the incident occurred at an unguarded beach in the town of Seventeen Seventy, named in commemoration of Captain James Cook's arrival in Australia in the year 1770.

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The pair are said to have got into difficulty while swimming at a beach in the town of Seventeen Seventy in Queensland.