Manchester Museum returns 174 artefacts to Indigenous Australians
The future of Museums is in repatriating culturally significant artefacts, with Manchester Museum returning 174 artefacts to the NT.
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The future of Museums is in repatriating culturally significant artefacts, with Manchester Museum returning 174 artefacts to the NT.
After years of planning, the museum handed over dolls, baskets, maps and other objects acquired in the 1950s
The UK's Manchester Museum is to return 174 artefacts to an Aboriginal community in Australia's Northern Territory.
Many of the items, including spears and shell dolls, have been in Manchester Museum since the 1920s.
NT Land Councils have presented the Barunga declaration to Prime Minister Albanese, expressing support for the Voice to Parliament. The Barunga Statement in 1988 was an important part of this journey.