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The four surviving spears in the MAA collection Source: Supplied / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

The spears are being formally repatriated more than 200 years after being taken from Australian shores.

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The spears are being formally repatriated more than 200 years after being taken from Australian shores.

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