Tasmanian institutions formally apologise to the state's Aboriginal community over theft of artefacts

Tasmanian Aboriginal community members Nala Mansell and Nunami Sculthorpe Green. Source: Sarah Maunder / SBS News

The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery have apologised ahead of the return of 14,000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts to their original site.

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The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery have formally apologised to Tasmania's Aboriginal community over the mistreatment and theft of cultural artefacts.

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