is a masterful depiction of both sides of Cook’s story. One can see the accepted and widespread colonial narrative. But, by following a process built in the artwork, one starts uncovering other ...
Cook’s arrival wasn’t a peaceful affair: two members of the indigenous Gweagal people resisted the British landing, and one ...
Forty spears were recorded as being taken by Captain Cook from the villages of the Gweagal people. It’s not clear what happened to the rest. Noeleen Timbery hopes more will be discovered.
This man is Rodney Kelly, a direct descendant of the Gweagal people of Botany Bay in New South Wales, whose spears and shield were seized by Captain Cook during his landing ... the growing movement of ...