Aboriginal remains returned from Scotland
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A skull and the remains of a jawbone of Aboriginals taken from the Australian island state of Tasmania more than 150 years ago are to be returned from British institutions.
The National Museum of Scotland says it isn't entirely sure how the remains of a skull from a Tasmanian Aboriginal came to be kept there.
Sara Maynard from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says the jawbone was taken back to Britain and given to the Royal College of Surgeons by colonial official George Augustus Robinson - a self-proclaimed protector of Aborgines - in the 1830s.
The remains from both institutions will be collected later this week.
Ms Maynard says it's a win for Aborigines in their efforts to reclaim remains from museums across the globe.
But she says other instituitions, such as Oxford and Cambridge Universities are still refusing to return Aboriginal remains.
