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Captain Cook 'discovered' Australia, and other myths from old school text books

  • Written by Louise Zarmati, Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania
Captain Cook 'discovered' Australia, and other myths from old school text booksA picture titled 'Captain Cook taking possession of the Australian continent on behalf of the British crown, AD 1770'. Drawn and engraved by Samuel Calvert from an historical painting by Gilfillan in the possession of the Royal Society of Victoria.Trove/National Library of Australia

Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago,...

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