This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Modern History for Senior Secondary students, with specific reference to content descriptions for Unit 2: Movements for Change in the 20th Century, and specifically those that fall under the examination of ‘Recognition and rights of Indigenous peoples’.

Guugu Yimithirr Traditional Owner and Bama Historian Alberta Hornsby speaks about her community of Endeavour River and their connection with James Cook.

 
Curriculum Links - Indigenous Responses to Cook and his Voyage
Essay - Unkept Promises
Essay - ‘I’m Captain Cooked’: Aboriginal perspectives on James Cook, 1770–2020
James Cook's Endeavour Journal
Hints Offered to the Consideration of Captain Cook
Secret Instructions
Glossary – Cook and the Pacific Indigenous Response

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Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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