<p>In 1770, Captain James Cook approached Australia for the first time. Before even setting foot on land, he shot and wounded two Gweagal warriors and stole their belongings – including this shield. </p><br><p>This podcast was produced by Jesse Lawson, with research from Marthe Van Der Wolf. Find out more about Claire’s writing on Aboriginal history at clairegcoleman.com. This episode featured sounds from <em>BP or not BP, </em>and Matmorfus [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode] from Freesound.org<em>. </em>This is a VICE World News production.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>