Skull of Aboriginal man murdered two hundred years ago to return to Tasmania

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Skull of Aboriginal man murdered two hundred years ago to return to Tasmania
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(Reuters) - Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios said the lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) against the sport's governing bodies marks a 'special moment' and that it was high time the players' voices were heard.

The University of Aberdeen's return of a Benin Bronze in 2021 was the first such return in the world by a museum. - University of Aberdeen

The only thing known about him is that he was a member of the Big River tribe - one of many tribes that have been completely wiped out and for which there are no surviving descendants. Plans for the repatriation of the remains began when the university contacted the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre in 2019, and the return was approved unconditionally by the university's governing body in 2020.

In its formal request for the return of the remains, the TAC was clear about how the remains were first acquired. "This is a record of racist attitudes to the study of humanity, including human remains acquired by grave robbing and other immoral activity; in this case, murder.

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