The David Roche Foundation opens 'Captain Cook & the Art of Memorabilia' Museum of Others (Othering the Explorer: James Cook). ADELAIDE .- The first of Captain Cooks voyages to the Pacific (17681771) was momentous for not only would he chart the east coast of Australia, but also irrevocably change the course of history of this ancient country and its First Nations peoples. Both an extraordinary navigator and harbinger of the colonisation of Australia, Cook was acknowledged as a contested symbol of our Nation during the 250th commemoration of his arrival. A new exhibition at the David Roche Foundation, Captain Cook & the Art of Memorabilia brings together ninety objects and art from both private and public collections from the period of three voyages, memorabilia related to Cook, and contemporary responses to the man by First Nations artists Christian Thompson, Gordon Bennett, Daniel Boyd and artist Ben Quilty.