Tasmanian institutions formally apologise to the state's Aboriginal community over theft of artefacts

Tasmanian Aboriginal community members Nala Mansell and Nunami Sculthorpe Green.

Tasmanian Aboriginal community members Nala Mansell and Nunami Sculthorpe Green. Source: Sarah Maunder / SBS News

The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery have apologised ahead of the return of 14,000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts to their original site.


The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery have formally apologised to Tasmania's Aboriginal community over the mistreatment and theft of cultural artefacts.

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