Help! It's almost due! I need all the history on Mount Cook!!! I'll need to know the year...?

Question

Things I need 2 know:
the event of 1642(a famous explorer),
person to name the southern alps,
first ascents of the footstool and Sefton,
place where the vital swing bridge was built,
the first hermitage...,
first fatal accident,
2nd Hermitage opened first time for winter/when razed to the ground??,
first school opens,
passenger flights begin,
I need all the date cause' it's supposed 2 be a timeline...

Answer 1

1642 – Abel Tasman becomes the first person to sight Mt cook

1770 – Captain cook names the Southern Alps

1910 – Freda Du Faur becomes the first woman to climb Mt cook

1914 – Second hermitage opens

1957 – Second hermitage is burned down.

1961 – Passenger flights begin

Answer 2

Hope this helps a little.

Abel Jansen Tasman in 1642 who named it Van Dieman's Land

The Southern Alps were named by Captain James Cook in 1770

First swing bridge built in Hooker Valley near the 1st Hermitage

1st Hermitage was built in 1884, In 1913, as the 2nd Hermitage was under construction near the present day site, the original building was damaged by flood in January, 2 months later was destroyed by a second flood.the replacement 2nd Hermitage opened in 1914. In September 1957 when the second Hermitage was razed to the ground in a spectacular fire. The third and present Hermitage was operational by May 1958.
http://www.mount-cook.com/accommodation/hermhistory/

Answer 3

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park



Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)

Map of New Zealand
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Nearest city: Mt Cook Village
Coordinates: 43°44′″S, 170°6′″E
Area: 707 km²
Established: 1953
Visitation: (in )
Governing body: Department of Conservation
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is situated in the South Island of New Zealand near the town of Twizel. Aoraki/Mount Cook village lies within the park. The area was formally gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to protect the area's significant vegetation and landscape.


Geography
The park covers a little over 700 km². Glaciers cover 40% of the park area, notably the Tasman Glacier on the slopes of Aoraki/Mount Cook itself.

Of New Zealand's 20 peaks over 3,000 metres, all except Mount Aspiring lie in the park. These include New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki/Mount Cook, at 3753 metres. Other prominent peaks include Mount Tasman, Mount Hicks, Mount Sefton, and Mount Elie de Beaumont. The mountains of the Southern Alps in general are young, less than ten million years old, and are still building. Uplift in the region of the national park is at the rate of 50 centimetres per century.

The park is also part of Te Wahipounamu South Westland World Heritage Site in recognition of its outstanding natural values.


Flora and fauna
Most of the park is situated above the tree line so that the plant life consists mainly of alpine plants such as the Mount Cook buttercup, the large mountain daisies and wild spaniard or spear grass. Birdlife consists of species like the kea, the only alpine parrot and the well-camouflaged pipit.


Recreation
The park is popular for tramping, skiing and mountaineering. Department of Conservation administer activities in the park.