'Rip that page out': Indigenous leaders want to re-write Captain Cook's landing
The tale of James Cook sailing the Endeavour into Botany Bay is familiar to most Australians.
They describe sailing into the harbour and being threatened and warned off by the Indigenous people on the shore. "Over time, because of outsiders trying to tell our story for us, it's just being translated into different parts as 'go away'. "In Dharawal culture, that low-lying cloud means the spirits of the dead have returned to their country and so they saw almost ghosts.
"When that happens, when we stop people from misrepresenting our ancestors and our own story, we are able to give the broader Australian public a more authentic story and a story that makes sense."Gweagal and Yuin woman, Theresa Ardler, is also on a journey to educate Australians about her ancestors' story from that fateful day 250 years ago.
Ms Ardler believes she is the descendant of a Gweagal warrior, named Cooman, who was one of two men who defended his country from the British explorers.
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