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Keira Jenkins

Spears returned to Country point to unbroken connection

Spears returned after centuries will help tell a broader story of an unbroken connection to Country. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Securing the return to Australian shores of the first objects taken by the British has been a long and emotional journey.

About 40 spears were taken from Aboriginal people when the British first set foot in Australia in 1770, and now only four remain.

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