As he announces his resignation, National Museum of Australia director Mathew Trinca urges historical institutions to 'be honest' about the conflicts that marked Australia's colonisation.
abc.net.au/news/mat-trinca-director-leaving-national-museum-australia/102292284Outgoing National Museum of Australia director Mathew Trinca has urged historical institutions to "be honest" about the Frontier Wars that marked Australia's colonisation.
"There was war here on the Australian continent, waged between First Nations and those that have come after in those early decades. There were massacres on the record into the 20th century."That's a responsibility for all of us, not just the National Museum." Dr Trinca said the story of conflicts that occurred on Australian soil would always have a place at the National Museum.
On the issue of the repatriation of Indigenous ancestral remains that are currently in the NMA's collection, Dr Trinca conceded it was a "work in progress". A total of $13 million has already been set aside for a new off-site storage facility, to replace a substandard unit which had been described as jeopardising the "safe storage of the National Historical Collection".
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