Captain James Cook Memorial

Monument, Modern fountain

The memorial to the famous seafarer Captain James Cook, the first European to discover Australia, is one of Canberra's most important icons. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Canberra" https://www.booking.com/city/au/canberra.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-canberra-cook] The memorial was unveiled in 1970 to mark the bicentenary of Captain James Cook first sighting the shores of Australia. The monument on the shore and the fountain in the lake The…

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