‘First point of contact’:After more than 250 years,Aboriginal spears taken by James Cook to return home

‘First point of contact’:After more than 250 years,Aboriginal spears taken by James Cook to return home

The Gweagal spears were taken in 1770 when the Endeavour arrived at Botany Bay in the first meeting between the British and the Indigenous Gweagal people of Kamay.

  • byRob Harris

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‘Try to think about yourself as the slave’:Advice from historian Mary Beard
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‘Try to think about yourself as the slave’:Advice from historian Mary Beard

The British professor discusses the deaths that impacted her the most,making it in a male field and the Summer of Love.

  • byBenjamin Law
Lest we forget ancient island that opened its hearts to our Anzacs

Lest we forget ancient island that opened its hearts to our Anzacs

A small,solemn group of dignitaries will meet in Malta – as they have since 1916 – among the rows of headstones at Pieta Military Cemetery to commemorate an intriguing but forgotten chapter of Gallipoli lore.

  • byAndrew Hornery
‘My Errol Flynn’:How Ethne fell in love with a dead serviceman

‘My Errol Flynn’:How Ethne fell in love with a dead serviceman

Diaries and love letters scribbled in cursive by soldiers at the front can be difficult to decipher. To the rescue:this 91-year-old – and others like her.

  • byTim Elliott
‘It definitely happened’:Westall UFO witnesses want answers to decades-long mystery

‘It definitely happened’:Westall UFO witnesses want answers to decades-long mystery

A group of former residents of Melbourne’s south-east say their unexplained sighting from almost 60 years ago still puzzles them.

  • byAlex Crowe
Drone dives deep to uncover ocean secrets in Rottnest’s ship graveyard

Drone dives deep to uncover ocean secrets in Rottnest’s ship graveyard

A gigantic shipwreck twice the size of a blue whale has been found just off the coast of Western Australia.

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Underwater drone discovers massive hundred-year-old shipwreck in Western Australia
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Underwater drone discovers massive hundred-year-old shipwreck in Western Australia

An underwater drone called Hydrus,sent to the treacherous depths of the Rottnest ship graveyard,discovered a gigantic shipwreck. Footage:Advanced Navigation&Curtin University HIVE.

Harvard removes human skin binding from book after years of showing it off

Harvard removes human skin binding from book after years of showing it off

Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries,one has long exerted a unique dark fascination,not for its contents,but for the material it was bound in:human skin.

  • byJennifer Schuessler andJulia Jacobs
British Museum sues former guardian of treasures accused of selling them on eBay

British Museum sues former guardian of treasures accused of selling them on eBay

A veteran of the institution,Dr Peter Higgs oversaw the Greek and Roman department when colleagues noticed missing items turning up for sale online.

  • byCraig Simpson
British woman bought a brooch for £20. It just sold for nearly £10,000

British woman bought a brooch for £20. It just sold for nearly £10,000

After wearing it on the lapel of one of her favourite coats for several years,she put it away and it went untouched for two decades.

  • byJenny Gross
Beggar,slave labourer,refugee and widower:Sergi on a childhood stolen and 100 years of solitude

Beggar,slave labourer,refugee and widower:Sergi on a childhood stolen and 100 years of solitude

Sergi Andrijenko doesn’t use the word celebrate when he talks about turning 100. Nor does he thank God for his long life. “I wouldn’t want anyone to have a life like mine.”

  • byTony Wright