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Article: Fed: Aborigines should negotiate return of remains: Activist
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- April 6, 2006
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AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2006
Fed: Aborigines should negotiate return of remains: Activist
CANBERRA, April 5 AAP - The federal government is morally disgraceful for bringing
back Aboriginal remains from England without consulting indigenous communities, an activist
says.
Bob Weatherall, a lobbyist for the repatriation of Aboriginal remains and cultural
artefacts, said the government had not consulted indigenous communities on the issue.
Last month, the government announced it would bring back Aboriginal remains from six
British museums under a historic deal struck with Britain.
The museums are at Exeter, Cornwall, Bristol, Manchester, Tyne-and-Wear, as well as
the British ...