The County of Cook is a county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles.

The county is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and its name honours Captain James Cook

James Cook

Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

. It was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.

Parishes

Cook is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Barns	Bundaberg	25°00′S 152°26′E
Barolin	Bundaberg	24°50′S 152°26′E
Bingera	Bundaberg	25°01′S 152°15′E
Booyal	Bundaberg	25°08′S 152°03′E
Broomfield	North Burnett	25°27′S 152°11′E
Bundaberg	Bundaberg	24°55′S 152°19′E
Burrum	Fraser Coast	25°19′S 152°32′E
Cherwell	Fraser Coast	25°15′S 152°27′E
Childers Childers, Queensland Childers is a town in southern Queensland, Australia, situated at the junction of the Bruce and Isis Highways. The township lies north of the state capital Brisbane and south-west of Bundaberg. Childers is located within Bundaberg Region Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Childers had a...	Bundaberg	25°15′S 152°18′E
Chowey	North Burnett	25°28′S 151°52′E
Coringa	North Burnett	25°21′S 151°56′E
Dallarnil	North Burnett	25°22′S 152°03′E
Degilbo	North Burnett	25°30′S 151°56′E
Electra	Bundaberg	25°04′S 152°07′E
Eureka	Bundaberg	25°17′S 152°10′E
Gooburrum	Bundaberg	24°46′S 152°19′E
Gregory	Bundaberg	25°08′S 152°15′E
Hercules	Bundaberg	25°08′S 152°34′E
Isis	Bundaberg	25°10′S 152°26′E
Kalkie	Bundaberg	24°53′S 152°23′E
Kinagin	Bundaberg	24°50′S 152°00′E
Kolbore	Fraser Coast	25°20′S 152°25′E
Kullogum	Bundaberg	25°21′S 152°15′E
Marathon	Bundaberg	25°06′S 152°26′E
Mungore	North Burnett	25°35′S 152°03′E
North Kolan	Bundaberg	24°46′S 152°11′E
Otoo	Bundaberg	24°46′S 152°15′E
South Kolan	Bundaberg	24°54′S 152°10′E
Stanton	Bundaberg	25°14′S 152°03′E
Takalvan	Bundaberg	24°54′S 152°15′E
Tantitha	Bundaberg	24°52′S 152°15′E
Walsh	Fraser Coast	25°15′S 152°36′E
Woowoonga	North Burnett	25°28′S 152°04′E
Yandaran	Bundaberg	24°45′S 152°07′E