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Aboriginal spears taken on the day British explorer James Cook made first contact with Australia will soon be on their way home. The weapons were taken by the crew of HMB Endeavour on 28 April 1770 and four of the spears were donated to the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College the following year. The university decided to repatriate them following discussions with the La Perouse Aboriginal Community. Nicholas Thomas, from Cambridge University's museum of Archaeology and Anthropology told Mousumi Bakshi why they are giving them back.