New website to mark 250 years

Captain James Cook was a British explorer, surveyor, navigator and cartographer who mapped large parts of the world including Australia's east coast and New Zealand's North and South Islands, making landfall at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770.

The 250th anniversary is an important opportunity to understand what took place, learn from each other’s stories and to discuss what it means for our future.

The Endeavour 250 website, released today, features information and resources from a range of perspectives to help Australians better understand this historic voyage and how it has helped shape our nation.

The website is also the best place to find out about all planned anniversary activities, including exhibitions and online experiences at the National Museum of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the voyage, the Government is funding a range of activities including:

• a range of reflective exhibitions and activities delivered by the National Library of Australia, Australian National Maritime Museum and National Museum of Australia
• a project by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies to return culturally significant Indigenous items from overseas institutions
• four capital projects associated with the Cooktown Shire Council's Cooktown Expo
• the development of an Interpretive Centre in the Town of Seventeen Seventy; and
• delivery of the Kamay Botany Bay National Park Master Plan, with the New South Wales Government, including commemorative installations designed by First Nations artists.

For more information, including educational resources for teachers and students, visit the Endeavour 250 website.

Find out more:

• See the Minister’s media release