Ngahthaan gadaai thawun maa naa thi hu. “We come to make friends.” As the story is told amongst the Guugu Yimithirr people of the area we call North Queensland, one of the elders of the people, Ngambri Yarrbarigu, said these words to James Cook, captain of the HMS Endeavour, 250 years ago this week. The … Continue reading James Cook, the Endeavour, twelve turtles and the Guugu Yimithirr (3)