County of Banks, Queensland

Download coordinates as: The county of Banks is one of the counties of Queensland, Australia, that existed before 1901.

[1] The county is divided into civil parishes.

It is located in Far North Queensland, and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, who with Captain James Cook landed in 1770 at a location within the county.

Banks includes the towns of Cooktown, Lakeland and Laura.

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