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


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By Paulien Roessink

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


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