Cook, Australian Capital Territory
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| Coordinates: 35°15′35″S 149°03′50″E / 35.25972°S 149.06389°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1968 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.7 km2 (0.66 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,965 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
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Cook (postcode: 2614) is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census, Cook had a population of 2,965 people.
The suburb of Cook is named after Captain James Cook and the sixth Prime Minister of Australia Sir Joseph Cook. The streets in Cook are named after notable women from Australian history.
Signs at the perimeter of the suburb's boundaries are a common target for graffiti artists, who alter one letter in the word "Cook" so that it reads "cock".