Two of Tasmania's oldest institutions have apologised to the state's Aboriginal community for "nearly 200 years of practices were morally wrong". Key points: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the Royal Society of Tasmania say they are "unreservedly sorry" for practices they admit were "morally wrong" The institutions played pivotal roles in exhuming Aboriginal bodies and stealing artefacts in …
White men loom large in Tasmania's history, with statues, streets and other landmarks named in their honour. Tasmanian Aboriginal academic Greg Lehman said the Crowther statue was "probably the most confronting to Tasmanian Aboriginal people" and many "would love to see the thing just torn down". Mr Lehman said there was no mention of "what many would consider to be …
