Germany returns Australian ancestral remains of colonial origin
Representatives of the Ugar Island community, part of the Torres Strait Islands, described the restitution of their ancestral remains as a sad but "very joyful" moment. Source: AP / Markus Schreiber/AP
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During times of colonisation, cultural property was stolen from foreign countries and exhibited in German museums. Five sets of remains of Australian ancestors, which had been on display in museums in Berlin and Oldenburg for a century, have now been returned from Germany to Australia at a very special ceremony.
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