ant
27-08-2008, 08:28 AM
This just came through to me and figured it was best to get the info out to you all. If you can assist, it is best to contact Jenny directly. Ant
On June 7, 2009, our association will be celebrating our 50th performance of the re-enactment of the 1770 landing of Lt James Cook and the HM Bark "Endeavour" crew, on the banks of what is now called the Endeavour River at Cooktown.
To commemorate this anniversary, we are compiling a "coffee table" style book, for publication in late 2009.
lf any Cape Yorker magazine readers have photos of past re-enactments, and are happy for those to appear in our Golden Anniversary book, we would be delighted to receive copies via scanned reprints to the association Post Office Box 180, Cooktown, 4895. Picture credits will be given to all photos used in the book.
Alternatively, visitors are welcome to deliver photos in person, to our new home - The Boat House, on the corner of Charlotte and Adelaide Streets, Cooktown.
After 49 years, we have at last found premises in which to store, display, and create, props and costumes used in performances, and the display is normally open 10am-4pm daily, 7 days per week, and staffed by volunteers in period costume.
The display items include spears, shields, and woomeras used by our local Guugu Yimithirr members, who are building an outrigger canoe as recorded by Cook and Banks, and this will join the boats already on display.
The Cooktown Re-enactment Association has also recently resumed management of the Discovery Festival, to be staged over the Queen's Birthday long weekend 5-6-7 June, 2009, and which this year links the 150th anniversary of Queensland's statehood, with our own Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Sincerely,
J. Moxham,
Publicity Officer.
On June 7, 2009, our association will be celebrating our 50th performance of the re-enactment of the 1770 landing of Lt James Cook and the HM Bark "Endeavour" crew, on the banks of what is now called the Endeavour River at Cooktown.
To commemorate this anniversary, we are compiling a "coffee table" style book, for publication in late 2009.
lf any Cape Yorker magazine readers have photos of past re-enactments, and are happy for those to appear in our Golden Anniversary book, we would be delighted to receive copies via scanned reprints to the association Post Office Box 180, Cooktown, 4895. Picture credits will be given to all photos used in the book.
Alternatively, visitors are welcome to deliver photos in person, to our new home - The Boat House, on the corner of Charlotte and Adelaide Streets, Cooktown.
After 49 years, we have at last found premises in which to store, display, and create, props and costumes used in performances, and the display is normally open 10am-4pm daily, 7 days per week, and staffed by volunteers in period costume.
The display items include spears, shields, and woomeras used by our local Guugu Yimithirr members, who are building an outrigger canoe as recorded by Cook and Banks, and this will join the boats already on display.
The Cooktown Re-enactment Association has also recently resumed management of the Discovery Festival, to be staged over the Queen's Birthday long weekend 5-6-7 June, 2009, and which this year links the 150th anniversary of Queensland's statehood, with our own Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Sincerely,
J. Moxham,
Publicity Officer.