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Apology for Aboriginal art and cultural thefts to Tasmanian Indigenous communities long time coming
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Historic footage from the late 1960s of excavation work on Aboriginal carvings in north-west Tasmania (no audio)
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Two of Tasmania s oldest institutions have apologised to the state s Aboriginal community for nearly 200 years of practices were morally wrong .
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The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the Royal Society of Tasmania say they are unreservedly sorry for practices they admit were morally wrong ....

Gough Whitlam , Greg Lehman , William Crowther , Paul Turnbull , George Stokell , William Lanne , Michael Mansell , Royal Society , Royal Society Of Tasmania , Senior Research , Aboriginal Land Council Of Tasmania , University Of Tasmania , Tasmanian Museum , Tasmanian Royal Society , Art Gallery , Torres Strait Islander , Tasmanian Aboriginal , Tasmanian Aborigines , Research Fellow , Arebe Taylor , Vice Chancellor , Aboriginal Leadership , Aboriginal Land Council , Aboriginal Tasmanians , Zoe Rimmer , Senior Curator ,