Three Aboriginal spears stolen by Captain
James Cook when he first landed on the Australian continent in 1770 are finally being repatriated from the UK after 251 long years.
The Gweagal spears were among a number of different objects stolen by the British from the Gweagal people in what’s now known as Kurnell, in Sydney’s south. Several of them ended up at the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, which has now agreed to return the spears to their rightful owners.
“This is a great win for the campaign and time for celebration,” said Dharawal and Yuin man