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Geoffrey Robertson to push for Gweagal shield’s return in new series
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson wants to use a new television series to start negotiations to bring a noted Indigenous relic, the Gweagal shield, back...
The series, based on his book Who Owns History?, will also push to repatriate other famous treasures such as the Elgin Marbles, Koh-i-Noor diamond, the Benin Bronzes and…
- Garry Maddox
- The Sydney Morning Herald
While he is at it, Robertson wants to encourage the federal government to bring what is believed to be the wreck of Captain Cook’s Endeavour, discovered in…
“I want to start people thinking about the rights and wrongs of the restitution debate,” he…