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One-of-a-kind Indigenous necklace back after 200 years

An Aboriginal red ochre necklace taken from Tasmania 200 years ago has returned to the island as part of a museum display.

AAP · Apr 19, 2023

Covers off the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's hidden treasures that don't often see the light of day

A now-extinct emu from Tasmania thrived in gardens owned by Napoleon's wife after being shipped to Paris in 1802. That's just one of the amazing tales from the unseen collection of Tasmania's Museum and Art Gallery.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2023

Indigenous artist seeking body of Australian of British descent for 'sacrifice to past sins'

A Tasmanian artist says he has already received responses to his ad seeking an Australian of British descent to donate their "future deceased body" for an art installation whih he says will "speak to sacrifice for past sins perpetrated" against Aboriginal people.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

‘Back where they belong’: sacred Tasmanian rock carvings to finally return home

Sawed off crudely in the 1960s, the 14,000-year-old petroglyphs have been in museum storage for decades. Now, after years of negotiations, they are on their way back to country'

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2022

Ancient Aboriginal rock art leaves museums to return home to Tasmania's far north-west

After more than five decades, three apologies and painstaking preservation work, ancient Indigenous rock carvings are making the journey from museums to their original home hundreds of kilometres away in a remote corner of Tasmania's far north-west.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Stolen Tasmanian Aboriginal artefacts are finally home. But there’s a catch: they’re only on loan

Cultural objects kept in museums around the world are in nipaluna/Hobart for an exhibition. But Aboriginal communities are calling for them to stay permanently

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2022

Tasmanian museum team helping research to understand whale strandings

When this year's mass whale stranding occurred near Strahan, the calls came in from international scientists keen to make sure the right samples were taken from the decaying bodies.

ABC News · Oct 7, 2022

Scientists are trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger. So when did the last one die and what about all those sightings?

Partners in a new science venture say a living baby Tasmanian tiger might be as little as 10 years away. But before we start seeing them in fenced-off areas of the wilderness, let's take a look at what led to its extinction in the first place.

ABC News · Aug 17, 2022

House of Longing exhibition to celebrate works of artist Gay Hawkes before and after Dunalley fires

Artist Gay Hawkes lost her life's work when a bushfire destroyed her house and studio, but a new exhibition will showcase her loss, resilience, and the furniture she has made for her imagined home.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022