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key indigenous australian issues
| home | news lAboriginal skulls to return home from UK9 April 2008 - The skulls of six Aborigines that have been gathering dust in Scotland since the 19th century will be returned to Australia within weeks. The skulls were given to National Museums Scotland by collectors and there is little information on their remains. One has been linked to Victoria. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd welcomed the announcement during his visit to London, The Australian reported. The federal government has contacted the Aboriginal Heritage Council of Victoria regarding the one skull. "The other five skulls will be sent to the National Museum of Australia, where work will continue to identify the community of origin," Mr Rudd told The Australian.
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its one year on from the Australian Governments controversial intervention into NT Indigenous communities
action Roll back, listen to Indigenous community voices speaking about the intervention |
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