These four Aboriginal fishing spears were clearly designed to be useful rather than objects of ornamentation and display. Made from wood, three have prongs while the fourth is honed to a single ...

One of the most famous paintings in the First Fleet collection depicts an encounter between British colonialists and Aboriginal Australians, when the British Governor was wounded with a spear. In the ...

The formal handover of the spears was an emotional moment for those who’d campaigned for this day. Noeleen Timbery represents the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council. “It’s a very ...