AUSTRALIAN OBELISK.
CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL. 0 {British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 17. A memorial to Captain Cook, whose notable voyages of discovery added a new continent to the British Empire, was unveiled yesterday in his native village, Great Ayton, Yorkshire. The memorial takes the form of an obelisk of Australian granite. The memorial was donated privately from Melbourne to replace Cook's cottage, which has hipped to- and rebuilt in [Victoria,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 247, 18 October 1934, Page 7
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70AUSTRALIAN OBELISK. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 247, 18 October 1934, Page 7
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