Morton Allport: Letters reveal how Australian coloniser traded remains of Indigenous people
New research has revealed how a celebrated Tasmanian scientist traded the remains of Indigenous Australians...
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New research has revealed how a celebrated Tasmanian scientist traded the remains of Indigenous Australians...
The trade in human remains was against a backdrop of "state-sponsored violence", a study says.
<p>Research into the letters of Hobart-based solicitor Morton Allport reveals how he built a scientific reputation by exchanging the remains of Tasmanian Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers for honours from elite societies.</p>
Morton Allport earned his scientific reputation by grave robbing human remains and killing soon-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tigers before shipping them to Europe.
New research reveals Victorian collector Morton Allport traded human Aboriginal remains robbed from their graves and Tasmanian tiger pelts.