The University of Aberdeen is to repatriate a murdered Aboriginal man's remains, thought to have been obtained during a colonial conquest in Tasmania. It is believed the young man was decapitated near ...

For many years, it was believed that the Aboriginal people of Tasmania had become extinct and that their culture, languages, and customs were lost due to the devastating impact of British colonialism.

Two items long-displayed in Scottish university collections have been reunited with a Tasmanian Aboriginal group after lengthy discussions for repatriation. A skull of a young man, along with a ...

After more than 170 years abroad, the remains of a Tasmanian Aboriginal man have returned home following a significant ...

The skull of an Aboriginal man who is thought to have been killed by colonizers in the early 19th century has been returned for burial in Tasmania from a British university. The remains of the ...

“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 ...