The skull of an Aboriginal man who is thought to have been killed by colonizers in the early 19th century has been returned ...
“It would be unacceptable for these ancestral remains to be used for research, teaching or exhibitions purposes:” A Tasmanian Aboriginal murder victim’s skull held in Scotland for 170 years ...
Plans for the repatriation of the remains began when the university contacted the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) in 2019, and the return was approved unconditionally by the university’s ...
The university contacted the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre in 2019 following pressure on institutions to return exhibits linked with Britain's colonial past. The remains, held at the university ...
“We are pleased that the remains of this young man can now be handed over to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre for appropriate burial in his homeland.” ...