Monday 29 September 2014

Cooks' Cottage:

Cooks' Cottage is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. The cottage was established in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook.Moreover,the cottage was used to commemorate the Englishman , Captain James Cook,first to arrive in Australia. In 1728,James Cook was born in this small house in Yorkshire of England. When the 100th anniversary of the Melbourne in 1934, Sir Russell Grimwade spent £ 800 buy the cottage as a gift for Melbourne.Astonishingly, each brick was individually numbered, packed into barrels and then shipped to Australia.Interior furnishings are arranged like previous style. The pillars of gate are engraved the initials of  Captain Cook's father James and his mother Grace's name. Next to the trails of this door, there is a copper statue of Captain Cook standing and wearing a triangular cap and tights.

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