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A colonial explorer stole Aboriginal spears in 1770. Centuries later, they’ll finally return to Australia
Four Aboriginal spears taken by British explorer James Cook in 1770, thought to be some of ... also known as Botany Bay, according to a news release from the University of Cambridge’s Trinity ...
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Gamay Indigenous rangers help scientists study wildlife moving through heavily industrialised Botany Bay
The local Aboriginal people refer to Botany Bay as Gamay, and the first interaction between Europeans and Aboriginal people here was not positive. In April 1770, Captain Cook led a landing party ...
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Captain Cook’s first Australian souvenir returned to Indigenous owners
Cambridge, England | A set of spears souvenired by Captain James Cook during his first encounter with Indigenous Australians in Sydney’s Botany ... 1770, between the Indigenous peoples of ...