Captain Cook Society: "[1]", "Cook's Log, vol 27, no. 4, 2004, Page 15 – Table 1 " In his book "First Years at Port Phillip", R. D. Boys says the geographical feature did not receive a name until 1836–1837. "On 11 December 1837, the H.M.S. 'RATTLESNAKE' sailed for Sydney from Port Phillip. During the stay of that ship Captain William Hobson, Lieut. Thomas M.C. Symons, Lieut. Hastings R. Henry, and Peter Frederick Shortland, Mate, surveyed Port Phillip. Among the names given, were Point Cooke (after John M. Cooke, mate)".