Two hundred and fifty years ago, two worlds collided: Captain James Cook set foot on Australian soil. To some he is a courageous explorer; to others he is a coloniser who stole land from the first ...

Items taken by Captain James Cook and documented by his botanist ... display at a new permanent facility on the very site, at Botany Bay, from where they were taken in 1770. Ray Ingrey again ...

James Cook and his crew found the spears in an empty ... in 1770 on the shores of Botany Bay at Kurnell, the spears that were undoubtedly taken without permission are returned to the rightful ...

Captain Cook's legacy in Australia is often the subject of controversial debate On 29 April 1770, explorer James Cook arrived ... arrived on the shores of Botany Bay in modern day Sydney 250 ...