London, UK. 22 October 2016. Vincent Forrester, Australian Aborigine artist and activist who has come to the UK with Rodney Kelly, a sixth-generation descendant of the Gweagal warrior Cooman shot in the leg by Captain Cook and his crew at their first landing in Australia at Botany Bay in 1770. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News

London, UK. 22 October 2016. Vincent Forrester, Australian Aborigine artist and activist who has come to the UK with Rodney Kelly, a sixth-generation descendant of the Gweagal warrior Cooman shot in the leg by Captain Cook and his crew at their first landing in Australia at Botany Bay in 1770. Credit:  Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News Stock Photo
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London, UK. 22 October 2016. Vincent Forrester, Australian Aborigine artist and activist who has come to the UK with Rodney Kelly, a sixth-generation descendant of the Gweagal warrior Cooman shot in the leg by Captain Cook and his crew at their first landing in Australia at Botany Bay in 1770. They have come to tak to the British Museum about thereturn of the shield, and want this, along with spears held in a Cambridge University museum to be properly conserved, displayed and contextualised a new museum to be opened in Sydney on the 250th anniversary of Cook's visit celebrating the history of the country's original inhabitants, where it can. Peter Marshall, Alamy Live News