The Kamay spears come home to Dharawal land more than two centuries after James Cook took them

‘My great-grandmother would always talk … about the spears and artefacts that were in England,’ says Quaiden Williams RileyElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Quaiden Williams Riley laid eyes on the spears of his ancestors, tens of thousands of kilometres away from his traditional lands, it was the start of a return home more than two centuries in the making.“My great-grandmother would always talk about it to my grandfather and his siblings, about the spears and artefacts that were in England and how they would eventually get them back,” Riley said.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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