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Article: TAS: Aboriginal remains returned to Tasmania
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- February 28, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-2007
TAS: Aboriginal remains returned to Tasmania
By Glenn Cordingley
HOBART, Feb 28 AAP - The state museum of Victoria today returned Tasmanian Aboriginal
remains and casts made of body parts to the island's indigenous community.
Museum Victoria expressed sorrow and regret to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC)
for its past collecting practices.
"We apologise for the ongoing distress that removal of the remains has caused your
community, and hope the return of your people can in some way help repair the damage that
their mistreatment has caused," museum chief executive Patrick Greene said.
"Museum Victoria believes that an ongoing awareness of ...