James Cook and his crew found the spears in an empty camp on 29 April 1770 and took them aboard their ship Four spears taken from an Aboriginal community by James Cook and Joseph Banks during ...
A ceremony at a Cambridge University college will mark the permanent repatriation to Australia of four Aboriginal spears that were brought to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago.
Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were returned Tuesday to Australia's Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge University.
Rite of Passage is a group exhibition featuring the works of contemporary Aboriginal artists taking a fresh look at 2020 and the 250th anniversary of the arrival of James Cook in Australia.
Captain Cook's legacy in Australia is often the subject of controversial debate On 29 April 1770, explorer James Cook arrived ... Prominent Aboriginal Australians described the colonial ...
Items taken by Captain James Cook and documented by his botanist ... Noeleen Timbery represents the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council. “It’s a very important chapter in the story ...