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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Antiques Roadshow crowd gasp as woman learns SIX-FIGURE value of 'never before seen' relic left in house by former owners

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned and the crowd around her gasped as she discovered the six-figure value of a 'never before seen' relic her family had been in possession of for decades. An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned and the crowd around her gasped as she discovered the six-figure value of a 'never before seen' relic her …

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8 months ago

'Emotional moment' as spears taken by Captain Cook are returned to Indigenous community

ABC

In short: Four spears taken by Captain Cook from Indigenous people in Botany Bay will be repatriated from a museum in England on Tuesday. The spears were among 40 recorded as being taken onto Captain Cook's ship, the Endeavour, in 1770, at the time of first contact between those aboard and the Indigenous Gweagal people. Known as the "Gweagal spears", …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful final voyage

NPR

'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful final voyage "A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's violent death on the island of Hawaii in 1779. And we're speaking with historian Hampton Sides, whose new book is a gripping account of …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Captain Cook statue, Melbourne: Famous explorer's sculpture at Cooks' Cottage in East Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens hacked off

Daily Mail

Yet another statue of Captain James Cook has been destroyed in the wake of vandalism that destroyed a different sculpture of the famous explorer in the lead up to Australia Day. The bronze sculpture of the British explorer at the famous Cook's Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne's East was sawn off below the feet about 3.45am on Monday. A …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Captain Cook monument toppled in Edinburgh Gardens in Melbourne's north, days after vandalism spree

ABC

In short: A monument to Captain Cook has been toppled over and spray-painted in a park in Melbourne's north. A monument to Captain Cook has been toppled over and spray-painted in a park in Melbourne's north. A stone monument to Captain Cook at the entrance to Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North was toppled and spray-painted with the words, "cook the …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Melbourne statues of Queen Victoria and Captain Cook vandalised on Australia Day eve

ABC

In short: Two statues of colonial figures — Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria — have been vandalised in Melbourne. Two statues of colonial figures — Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria — have been vandalised in Melbourne. Police are investigating after a Melbourne statue of Captain Cook was sawn off at the ankles and a monument to Queen Victoria …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Re-opening dates set for Captain Cook, Palmerston highways in flood-ravaged Far North Queensland

ABC

Two major highways in Far North Queensland are set to re-open after damage from Tropical Cyclone Jasper, but the state government says they are still months away from being fully repaired. Key points: The Captain Cook and Palmerston highways have been closed since last month's floods The Captain Cook Highway will reopen as a single lane with traffic controls on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

'Not easy to say goodbye': Former England captain Alastair Cook retires from all forms of cricket

Firstpost

Cook had already retired from international cricket in the summer of 2018 but would continue representing Essex in the County Championship for the next five seasons. Former England captain Alastair Cook has announced retirement from all forms of cricket, drawing the curtains on a glorious professional career spanning two decades. 🙌 12,472 Test runs 👌 The second-highest number of Test …

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1 year, 4 months ago

This space artist changed the way we see the universe

LA Times

Jon Lomberg’s most far-flung work of art is currently more than 14.8 billion miles away, in the cold no-man’s land between the sun and its closest stars. It’s sort of like asking you to draw a detailed picture of your eyes, if mirrors and reflections didn’t exist,” said Ethan Siegel, a theoretical astrophysicist who is working with Lomberg on “Encyclopedia …

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1 year, 10 months ago

HUL to sell ’Annapurna’, ’Captain Cook’ brands for ₹60.4 crore

Live Mint

Hindustan Unilever Limited on Friday said that it has entered into definitive documents for sale and divestment of Annapurna and Captain Cook brands to Uma Global Foods and Uma Consumer Products. Uma Global Foods and Uma Consumer Products are subsidiaries of Singapore based Reactivate Brands International for ₹60.4 crores the company said. The sale includes trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual …

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4 years, 3 months ago

The Hum(e)an face of Enlightenment: On history and racism

ABC

In 1778, an African man known to history as Joseph Knight won his freedom in Scotland after a tortuous, four-year series of legal cases. Many tourists have seen the statue, selfied with it, posed beside it, affectionately rubbed Hume’s toe “for luck” until it smoothly shines. David Hume has long been considered one of the leading intellectual figures in a …

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