When was cooks cottage built

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My grandfather Ellis Stones was involved in the restoration of the cottage in the 70's. He kept one of two leftover paving bricks which I have in my possession. I live in Brisbane, but visit Melbourne every year and could deliver it at some point in the future.

Regards, Tony. Gary, I agree with your comments. I know of no evidence that James Cook Snr. As a an experienced day-labourer he was a "jack-of-all-trades" and would have been able to build a wall, as well as undertaking a range of agricultural duties. Can you advise where the information that James Cook became a stonemason comes from?

I understand that he acquired the plot of land the cottage was built on in June when he was 60 years old, after being a day labourer and farmhand all his life on Skottowe's farm for much of the later part.

Seems inconceivable that at over 60 he becomes a stonemason. Paul, thank you for your comment. The event which you attended on 27 October marked the reopening of the cottage after it had had an extensive renovation.

The date was chosen as it was the th anniversary of Cook's birth. The Governor General performed the official reopening. The cottage still stands on the site in Fitzroy Gardens, where it was first erected in , after being reassembled from the fabric of the Cook cottage dismantled in Great Ayton.

I was in the Royal Australian Navy when the Capt. Cooks cottage was relocated to the Fitzroy gardens as the honour guard. I believe the cottage was relocated to the gardens then from another place in Melbourne. I have contentious arguements about this fact. Is it true it is not on the original site when first landed and built in melbourne and where was it first located. Thank you for addressing a popular misconception.

As an individual brought up in the village, and a history graduate, I am fascinated by the personal details surrounding an individual. Yes, Cook became a celebrated explorer and navigator whose mapping of the Pacific, New Zealand and Australia changed western perceptions of world geography but I have the privilege of walking around the area which helped form the man, on a regular basis! Located in historic Fitzroy Gardens, which lies at a walking distance from several other touristy spots and landmarks in Melbourne CBD, it was surprisingly brought on a ship all the way from England to Australia.

However, in June of when it was up for sale, it was bought by a Melbourne based businessman and philanthropist Russell Grimwade for pounds who wanted to gift it to the city of Melbourne to historically mark its centenary of European settlement in When it comes to bringing the cottage to Australia, it was meticulously brought down —brick by brick.

Every brick was also given a number and then packed into hundreds of cases and barrels that were brought on a ship called Port Dunedin. And for this transportation, it costed nearly 2, pounds more.

Finally, when the ship reached Melbourne after a long journey —many locations were debated for it including outside the State Library of Victoria but was eventually finalised for Fitzroy Gardens.

Roping in the best hands in construction, it took several months to reconstruct and on October 15 in , it was finally opened to the public which ever since became an instant hit among locals and tourists alike. Sitting as a double storey and radiating quintessential old British charm, I was muddled from where to start first.

I however began with the enthralling ivy plant which has climbed the cottage and has blanketed it in patches. Filled with another exciting fact, I headed in. I first met the simple kitchen with a small fireplace, dotted with old furniture.

It was also used as living room and I soon climbed the petit stairs to proceed to its first floor which has a main bedroom.