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Trinity College Cambridge has rushed to judgement on Captain Cook

Cambridge has made a mistake in returning to the tribe that made them some spears collected by Captain Cook’s men in 1770

Another successful year for Comox Valley's YANA Valley Vonka contest

The contest amassed a total of $17,949 raised for the local non-profit YANA

Spears taken 254 years ago finally returned to Indigenous people in Australia

Two and a half centuries after James Cook stole them from their ancestors, the Gweagal clan of the Dharawal people in Australia are finally getting four of their spears back.

Captain Cook's first Australian souvenir returned to Indigenous owners

Cambridge University has surrendered a set of spears taken the momentous day when Sydney’s Indigenous people first set eyes on their eventual colonisers.

Aboriginal spears taken by Captain Cook returned to Australia

Spears taken by Captain Cook at Botany Bay returned to traditional owners after more than 250 years

Three-decade campaign by the Gweagal community of La Perouse sees repatriation of four spears to Kamay

Return of the Gweagal Spears to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community

Today, in a ceremony held in the Wren Library at Trinity College Cambridge, four spears taken by James Cook and Joseph Banks on 29 April 1770 were permanently r

Aboriginal spears to be returned to Australia in ceremony at Cambridge college

Dame Sally Davies, Master of Trinity, said it was the ‘right decision’ to return the spears.

First items taken by Cook returned to Aboriginal owners

Cambridge college returns 18th Century Aboriginal spears

The four spears were taken by Captain Cook's crew during their first contact with Australia in 1770.