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Aboriginal spears snatched by British in 1770 to return to Australia
LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Four spears taken from Australia by a British explorer ... transferred to the traditional owners of Botany Bay," Noeleen Timbery from the La Perouse Local Aboriginal ...
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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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Australia marks 250th anniversary of Cook landing in muted fashion
The Captain Cook memorial on the shore of Botany Bay marks where the English explorer landed in Australia on April 29, 1770 P Pulse News Agency International by AFP Follow On April 29, 1770 ...