LONDON — Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James ... the first contact between Cook's crew and the Indigenous people of Kamay, or Botany Bay. The spears were presented ...

Four spears stolen by Captain James Cook and his crew after he arrived at Botany Bay more than 250 years ago have been repatriated to their traditional owners. The spears were among 40 recorded as ...

They are the same “lances” that were taken – or stolen – from Botany Bay by Captain James Cook’s party during their first recorded contact with Australia’s Indigenous people on April ...

(Maria Nugent) Captain Cook himself told us what he did see when ... He was just south of Sydney, at what would come to be called Botany Bay, thanks to the collecting work of the botanist Joseph ...

From his seat, Kelly looks out across the wind-chopped ocean, where 248 years ago Captain James Cook sailed on his way up the east coast of the continent. Nine days after passing this point, the ...