Indigenous Remains
Greens senator Dorinda Cox has slammed the treatment of Aboriginal remains, which were returned to a Tasmanian Aboriginal corporation in brown paper bags last week.
Aboriginal remains identified through separate coronial inquests have been delivered, without notice, in brown paper bags to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, the organisation says.
A Coroner has determined human remains found protruding from a sand bank on Tasmania's west coast eight years ago are that of an Aboriginal person who died at least 1,100 years ago.
The remains of 25 Indigenous people have been returned to their homelands after being held overseas for many years. Four UK museums held the remains of the 25 Aboriginal people and four indigenous peo...
New research has revealed a Hobart lawyer traded Aboriginal body parts and Tasmanian Tiger skeletons to European collectors in exchange for scientific acclaim.
The Queensland Museum is taking steps to address a longstanding issue regarding the housing of nearly 900 ancestral remains, most of which belong to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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