It's a poignant gesture and the wounds have not healed more than 230 years later, as the peaceful protest by Aborigine campaigners demonstrates.

BBC: The Ship

Their side of the story unfolds on board the Endeavour through the Aborigine and Maori crew members and their exchanges with native people on land and sea.

BBC: Cook's tours

To Sydneysiders, its site is no less cherished: it occupies Bennelong Point, named after an aborigine who lived in the first European dwelling built after the British dropped anchor in 1788.

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