The Aboriginal shield in the British Museum previously thought to be the Gweagal shield.
The Gweagal shield is an Aboriginal Australian shield dropped by a Gweagal warrior opposing James Cook's landing party at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770. The shield was recovered by Joseph Banks and taken back to England, but it is unclear whether the shield still exists. An Aboriginal shield held by the British Museum, and once thought to be the Gweagal shield, is more likely to originate from an area further north. It is currently the subject of a campaign for its repatriation to Australia.[1]
^Thomas, Nicholas (2018). "A Case of Identity: The Artifacts of the 1770 Kamay (Botany Bay) Encounter". Australian Historical Studies. 49:1: 4–27 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
The Gweagalshield is an Aboriginal Australian shield dropped by a Gweagal warrior opposing James Cook's landing party at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770....
The Gweagal (also spelt Gwiyagal) are a clan of the Dharawal people of Aboriginal Australians. Their descendants are traditional custodians of the southern...
for a variety of different occupations. Spears, clubs, boomerangs and shields were used generally as weapons for hunting and in warfare. Watercraft technology...
include the Koh-i-Noor, the Parthenon Marbles, the Benin Bronzes, the Gweagalshield, Tipu's Tiger and the Mokomokai. The series premiered November 1, 2022...
Cooman was a Gweagal man identified by some of his descendants as the warrior who was shot and wounded by James Cook's landing party at Kamay (Botany...
the return of Indigenous artefacts taken during Cook's voyages (see Gweagalshield). In July 2021, a statue of Cook in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada...
value to their people. Other examples include the GweagalShield, thought to be a very significant shield taken from Botany Bay in April 1770 or the Parthenon...
turn legitimises efforts for their re-patriation (see Elgin marbles, Gweagalshield, Easter island). Guha, Anne. "Guides: Art Law Research Guide: Introduction...
struck him with little effect. Some shott was lodged into one of the men's shields and was taken back to England by Cook, where it remains in the British...
that James Cook made first contact with an aboriginal tribe known as the Gweagal. His expedition became the first recorded Europeans to have encountered...
Lieutenant James Cook landed at Botany Bay (Kamay) and encountered the Gweagal clan. Two Gweagal men opposed the landing party and one was shot and wounded. Cook...
Lieutenant James Cook landed at Botany Bay (Kamay) and encountered the Gweagal clan. Two Gweagal men opposed the landing party and in the confrontation one of...
now New South Wales, including the Wiradjuri, Gamilaray, Yuin, Ngarigo, Gweagal, and Ngiyampaa peoples. In 1770, James Cook charted the unmapped eastern...
Kurnell area were the northernmost clan of the Dharawal speakers, the Gweagal. On the northern headland the people were most likely Cadigal people of...
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