The Saga of Captain Cook 1
The Saga of Captain Cook 1
This chapter presents an account of British explorer Captain James Cook’s discovery of Australia as recorded the memory of Hobbles Danaiyarri, an Aboriginal cultural custodian and cattle-station stockman. According to Indigenous oral traditions, the discovery of Australia is depicted as a recurring cycle of destruction, violence, and dispossession where Cook himself reappears across space and time as the mythological symbol of the insensitivity and greed of England. Danaiyarri’s account suggests that history itself is part of Australia’s imperial legacy.
Keywords: James Cook, Hobbles Danaiyarri, Australia, England, imperial legacy, British explorer, geographical discovery
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