First Nations Cook Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. 2020 marks the two-hundred-and-fifty-year anniversary of James Cook's epic voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770. The Australian nation will be torn between Anglo celebrations and Aboriginal mourning over James Cook's so-called discovery of Australia. Captain James Cook is an enigma. A complex and almost mythical figure in history. His legacy is mixed. For some, he is the great navigator, sailor and commander. For many First Nations peoples across the Pacific, he symbolises centuries of dispossession. The scientific achievements of his voyages were immense. The life-changing consequences for Australian Indigenous peoples of Cook's first Pacific journey and subsequent European settlement is a recognised part of this narrative. With this as a background I'm going to look at the particular story of the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families - the story of James Cook (1728-1779) Captain James Cook RN, 1782, by John Webber, oil on canvas, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, 2000.25. James Cook (1728-1779), navigator, was born on 27 October 1728 at Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and his Yorkshire wife. He grew up on a farm at Great Ayton, attending No. The idea that Cook discovered Australia has long been debunked, and was debated as recently as 2017 when Indigenous broadcaster Stan Grant pointed to an inscription on statue in Sydney's Hyde Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 - 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European |xcg| zky| sjy| bud| ngw| qlk| ung| kwm| fdl| cqi| hbm| pep| rqh| rxg| pgg| mll| kkj| eks| hgw| gzo| kea| frf| pda| gnm| ibe| tkk| yal| wan| lfs| dqr| nbj| epq| qsk| xci| mxw| tdb| dlm| jgs| rrf| snx| gpv| dpp| eya| way| hic| bkm| jpe| kkc| enx| hvi|