After more than 170 years abroad, the remains of a Tasmanian Aboriginal man have returned home following a significant ...
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“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 ...
The man was shot dead on Tasmania's Shannon River in possibly the 1820s or 1830s, and his head removed "in order to service (the) trade in Aboriginal body parts." The only thing known about him is ...
The remains of the unknown man, who was shot dead in the early 19th century, will be laid to rest in a traditional ceremony.