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British naval officer and explorer James Cook made his first landing in Australia when he stepped ashore at Botany Bay in present day NSW on April 29, 1770. He claimed the east coast of the ...

Cook arrived in Sydney Cove in 1770 where he and his crew landed at Botany Bay, opening up the continent now known as Australia to colonisation by the British Crown. Nine years later, he was ...

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 ...

1770 Captain James Cook explores Botany Bay on the shoreline of Australia. 1776-1783 American colonies revolt and form independent nation. 1782 Charles Simeon appointed as curate-in-charge of Holy ...

The four artifacts are all that remain of some 40 spears taken by James Cook and botanist Joseph Banks in April 1770 ... people of Kamay, or Botany Bay, in Australia. The spears have been held ...

LONDON — Four spears taken from Australia by a British explorer more ... ownership transferred to the traditional owners of Botany Bay,” Noeleen Timbery from the La Perouse Local Aboriginal ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Cambridge: Four spears taken by British naval lieutenant James Cook and his crew on their first contact with Australia have been ...

LONDON (AP) — Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were returned Tuesday to ... people of Kamay, or Botany Bay. The spears were ...

“I think for us it’s a momentous occasion that where Australia’s history began, in 1770 on the shores of Botany Bay at Kurnell, the spears that were undoubtedly taken without permission are ...