What these spears tell us about Captain Cook’s contact with Indigenous people
We however thought it no improper measure to take away with us all the lances which we could find about the houses, amounting ...
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Four Aboriginal spears repatriated to Australia after more than 250 years
Four Aboriginal spears that were brought to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago have been repatriated to Australia in a ceremony at Trinity College in Cambridge. The artefacts ...
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Iconic Sydney river could soon be officially renamed
The river was named after British Explorer James Cook after he landed in Botany Bay in 1770 and claimed possession for the UK of Australia's east coast. An Aboriginal partnership group is ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 89 - Australian bark shield
We know the precise date that it came into Cook's hands, 29 April 1770. We have written accounts ... his first European on the shore at Botany Bay nearly two hundred and fifty years ago, this ...