First Nations artefacts housed at the Museum of Vancouver in Canada will return to Australia following an agreement struck by the Queensland Museum.
The Queensland Museum has struck an agreement with the Museum of Vancouver to repatriate First Nations artefacts held by the Canadian institution.
Ms Enoch met with the Museum of Vancouver last year to push for the return of Queensland artefacts during a $126,000 ministerial study tour to Canada and the United States. The government says the Sheffield Museum in the United Kingdom also recently reached out in an effort to strike a similar agreement.Ms Enoch said the Queensland Museum – on behalf of the government – continued to work with overseas institutions to return more cultural heritage items back to Queensland.
Queensland Museum director of First Nations, Bianca Beetson, said the repatriation of ancestral remains and secret sacred objects was "increasingly seen as a critical step in the process of reconciliation"."Many institutions are now addressing this process proactively and are leading by example in directly contacting the Queensland Museum. We welcome this approach," Dr Beetson said.The museum was last year allocated $4.
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