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A writing of wronged history comes with the milestone exhibition of the Gweagal Spears, stolen by Captain Cook and returned to Botany Bay elders after 254 years.
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 ...
1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...
We've picked 35 of the most wonderful walks to explore the UK and ranked them. Think rolling hills, razor-sharp rocky peaks, ...
It is named after Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Captain Cook's 1770 voyage of discovery and key advocate for establishing a colony at Botany Bay. Banks was held by the Labor Party from its ...
Positioned within the iconic Woolooware Bay precinct, this immaculate apartment boasts views across Botany Bay and to the city. Full of natural light, luxurious interiors and a generous ...
His statue in Melbourne was covered in red paint but Captain James Cook has very little to do with us celebrating Australia Day on January 26. He landed in Botany Bay on April 28, 1770, and he didn’t ...
The east coast of New Holland was claimed by British Captain James Cook in 1770 who renamed the land New South Wales. In due course, this led to the First Fleet landing at Botany Bay in 1888 and the ...
Elias Stable's Captain Cook breezed a half-mile in :49 March 26 ... Trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., the Practical Joke bay was completing his sixth work since capturing the 1 1/8-mile Withers Stakes ...