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Photograph, Captain James Cook statue, St Kilda - images collection, Photographs taken c 1991 (set)

  • A rectangular bronze plaque is attached to a granite stone pedestal and displays, in raised letters, the words 'Captain Cook HMS Endeavour August 26th 1768'. Beneath it, the words 'Presented By Andrew Stenhouse 3rd December 1914' are inscribed into the stone.

    Inscriptions on the front of the base

  • Bronze statue of man in wig, jacket, breeches and stockings standing on a granite pedestal and holding a navigational tool.

    Front view of statue

  • A rectangular bronze plaque is attached to a granite stone pedestal and displays, in raised letters, the words 'Captain Cook HMS Endeavour August 26th 1768'. Beneath it, the words 'Presented By Andrew Stenhouse 3rd December 1914' are inscribed into the stone.
  • Bronze statue of man in wig, jacket, breeches and stockings standing on a granite pedestal and holding a navigational tool.

Historical information

Statue presented by Andrew Stenhouse, 3 December 1914. Donated by Mr Andrew Stenhouse, a retired contractor who lived at Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda, he was interested in the reclamation of the foreshore in front of his dwelling
Captain James Cook FRS (1728-1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. During three voyages to the Pacific Ocean he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. He was killed in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779.
The statue appears to have been the first monument erected to him in Victoria and is a replica of one in Whitby, England. It was unveiled on Monday December 7th, 1914 by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Arthur Stanley in front of Commonwealth and State dignitaries and hundreds of St Kilda residents. It was donated by philanthropist Mr. Andrew Stenhouse, a member of the St. Kilda Shore committee.

Physical description

colour photograph unmounted

Inscriptions & markings

Captain Cook HMS Endeavour, August 26, 1768. Presented by Andrew Stenhouse, 3rd December 1914. A plaque on the rear of the pedestal (no image provided) lists the crew of the Endeavour.

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