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Four spears taken during Captain Cook's landing return to country

The four surviving spears in the MAA collection (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge).jpg

The four surviving spears in the MAA collection (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge)

Four spears captured during Captain Cook's landing in 1770 will finally return to the country. The spears are being formally repatriated more than 200 years after they were taken from Australian shores.


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