jane2021-06-07T17:08:11+10:00May 27th, 2021|
Blak Cook Book: New Cultural Perspectives on Cook's Cottage, by Dr Clare Land, Dr Paola Balla and Kate Golding, is a new book on the legacy of Captain James Cook and Cook's Cottage from First Nations' perspectives. Cook's Cottage, in Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens, was built in Yorkshire, England in 1755 [...]
jane2021-05-27T15:27:45+10:00May 19th, 2021|
Initially meant to be a response to the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's mapping of the east coast of Australia, Unsettled presents instead the truth of Australian history from the perspectives of First Peoples. The free exhibition, to open on 22 May 2021, tells what happened to First Nations [...]
jane2021-03-27T11:23:40+11:00March 27th, 2021|
Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians Daily until 26 April 2021, 9.00 am–5 pm FREE, Timed ticketing If you live in Canberra, or are visiting the nation's capital, the National Museum of Australia is showing an exhibition about Cook's 1770 voyage to Australia. Until [...]
jane2020-05-15T17:33:21+10:00May 15th, 2020|
Although the National Museum of Australia is not open to the public due to the corona virus pandemic, anyone interested in the anniversary of the 250th voyage of HMS Endeavour and the untold stories from First Nations' perspectives can view the museum's exhibition about the voyage online. Watch Endeavour [...]
jane2020-04-29T17:07:18+10:00April 29th, 2020|
Hamish McDonald reports for Inside Story today, 29 April 2020, on the anniversary festival at Cook's landing place that had to be abandoned because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the article at: https://insidestory.org.au/1770-and-all-that/ Replica of HMS Endeavour This year, the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's voyage on HMS [...]
jane2020-04-29T16:17:56+10:00April 29th, 2020|
Today, 29 April 2020, is 250 years since Captain James Cook and crew from HMS Endeavour landed at Kundal, known in English as Kurnell, on Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. But Aboriginal leaders are contesting what was said on Cook's landing at Kundal. According to the diary [...]
jane2020-04-29T14:33:06+10:00April 29th, 2020|
Cook's arrival revisited A sketch of Cook and his party preparing to land at Kundal, Botany Bay, 29 April 2020 (Wikimedia) The 250th anniversary of the voyage by Captain James Cook and crew on HMS Endeavour in 1770 provides an opportunity to review the [...]
jane2022-10-28T10:06:07+11:00April 20th, 2020|
Ben Collins of ABC Kimberley, is one of the latest to debunk the myths about Cook in his story posted today (20 April 2020): 'What Australians often get wrong about our most (in)famous explorer, Captain Cook': https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-20/captain-cook-history-what-we-often-get-wrong/12042438 It's Time Australia woke up to the truth of its history. For too [...]
jane2022-11-16T12:31:52+11:00March 7th, 2018|
Questions continue to be raised about statues commemorating the British and the lack of memorials commemorating the First Australians who have inhabited this continent and its islands for up to possibly 70,000 years or more. The role English Captain James Cook played in British exploration in the 1770s and [...]
