Spears stolen by Cook returned to Aboriginal owners after more than 250 years

The first objects the British took from Botany Bay in Australia have been handed back to their rightful owners.
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Four spears were handed back to the Aboriginal community of La Perouse, including direct descendants of the Gweagal people who crafted them, during a ceremony at Trinity College at Cambridge in the UK
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