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