ABC News Posted: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:53 AEDT British surgeons return Aboriginal remains to Tasmania
An important collection of Aboriginal remains is to be returned to Tasmania from England. The collection includes hair and skin of Truganini, as well as three skulls and seven jaws. The Royal College of Surgeons has agreed to return the remains unconditionally. The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre's Trudy Maluga, says it is important for the Aboriginal community to take responsibility for the remains. "A lot of these remains of Aboriginal people in any collection throughout the United Kingdom that was taken, were taken without Aboriginal consent," Ms Maluga said. "They were gathered by grave robbing or by outright slaughter of our people in this illicit trade." http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-2jan2002-31.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
