Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Gweagal warrior's descendants to travel to British Museum to demand return of Aboriginal artefacts | Liverpool City Champion

Gweagal warrior's descendants to travel to British Museum to demand return of Aboriginal artefacts | Liverpool City Champion


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Gweagal warrior's descendants to travel to British Museum to demand return of Aboriginal artefacts


  • Indigenous activist Rodney Kelly hopes to travel to Britain to negotiate the return of Gweagal tribe artefacts which were taken during Captain Cook's first encounter. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Indigenous activist Rodney Kelly hopes to travel to Britain to negotiate the return of Gweagal tribe artefacts which were taken during Captain Cook's first encounter. Photo: Rohan Thomson

The descendants of a Gweagal warrior shot by Captain Cook's marines as they landed in Botany Bay 246 years ago hope to travel to London's British Museum to demand the return of Aboriginal artefacts.
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