Botany Bay, an exotic location in Sydney, Australia, is the site of the first Australian landing by explorer James Cook in 1770 and later became the location of a famed British penal colony.

Rodney Kelly says Cooman's shield should be available for all Australians to see (ABC RN/Tiger Webb) A shield owned by Cooman, an Aboriginal warrior shot at Botany Bay in 1770, is at the centre of ...

Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago have been returned to Australia's Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge University.

The spears were originally part of a group of 40 taken by Cook from Kamay, also known as Botany Bay, according to a news release from the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College.