Manchester Museum to return artefacts to Indigenous Australians

Repatriation of sacred objects is part of project to mark 250th anniversary of Cook's voyage

Manchester Museum is returning a number of sacred artefacts to Indigenous Australians, nearly a century after the items came into its possession.

The repatriation of 43 ceremonial objects is the first of its kind from the UK under a project to mark the 250th anniversary next year of Captain James Cook's first voyage to Australia.