Cooks’ Cottage
Cooks' Cottage, also known as Captain Cook's Cottage, is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook.- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: cookscottage@melbourne.vic.gov.au
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cottage museum in Melbourne
- Also known as: “Cooks‘ Cottage”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melbourne Cricket Ground and Fitzroy Gardens.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Stadium
The Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known locally as the 'G', is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yarra Park in the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne Cricket Ground is situated 690 metres southeast of Cooks’ Cottage.
Fitzroy Gardens
Park
The Fitzroy Gardens is a 26-hectare urban park located south-east of the city centre of Melbourne in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The gardens are bounded by Clarendon Street, Albert Street, Lansdowne Street, and Wellington Parade with the Treasury Gardens across Lansdowne street to the west.
Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. Royal Exhibition Building is situated 1¼ km northwest of Cooks’ Cottage.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jolimont and Chinatown.
Jolimont
Neighborhood
Jolimont is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, Jolimont features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.
Inner east
The inner east of Melbourne consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy Stonnington on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.Cooks’ Cottage
- Categories: cottage, historic house museum, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.81449° or 37° 48′ 52″ south
Longitude
144.97945° or 144° 58′ 46″ east
Inception
October 15th, 1934
Levels
2
Open location code
4RJ65XPH+6Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historic_building
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Cooks’ Cottage” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “库克船长小屋”
- Chinese: “庫克小屋”
- Dutch: “Cooks‘ Cottage”
- Esperanto: “Cooks‘ Cottage”
- Esperanto: “Cooks’ Cottage”
- French: “Cooks‘ Cottage”
- French: “Cooks’ Cottage”
- German: “Cook’s Cottage”
- Hausa: “Gidan Gida na Masu dafa abinci”
- Japanese: “クックの小屋”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cooks‘ Cottage”
- Norwegian: “Cooks’ Cottage”
- Russian: “Коттедж капитана Джеймса Кука”
- Ukrainian: “Котедж Кука”
- Wu Chinese: “Captain Cook’s Cottage”
- Wu Chinese: “Cooks‘ cottage”
- Wu Chinese: “库克船长个小房子”
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