State/Territory:  New South Wales

Date Name & Boundary Gazetted: 25 February 2016

First Election This Name Was Used At: 1906 federal election Note: The name was retired for the 1955 federal election and resurrected  for the 1969 federal election.

First Election This Boundary Was Used At: 2016 Federal Election

Name Derivation: Named in honour of Captain James Cook FRS, 1728–79. Cook was a navigator in the Royal Navy who is credited as the first European to discover the east coast of Australia in 1770.

Square Area: 94 Sq Km

Location Description: Cook covers an area from Kurnell and Cronulla in the east to Sylvania and Gymea Bay in the west and from Kyle Bay, Monterey and Botany Bay in the north to Dents Creek and Hacking River in the south. Suburbs include Monterey, Beverley Park, Blakehurst, Burraneer, Caringbah, Carss Park, Cronulla, Greenhills Beach, Gymea, Gymea Bay, Kyle Bay, Kurnell, Lilli Pilli, Miranda, Sandringham, Sans Souci, Sylvania, Sylvania Waters, Taren Point and Yowie Bay.This description reflects local government areas in existence in 2015.

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and consisting of well-established built-up suburbs.