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Aborigine skulls to be taken home Aborigine skulls to be taken home
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A delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia are due to arrive in Edinburgh to take home human remains. A delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia has arrived in Edinburgh to take home human remains.
The six skulls and a human ear bone are in collections belonging to the National Museums of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. The six skulls and a human ear bone are in collections belonging to the National Museums of Scotland and Edinburgh University.
Four members of the Ngarrindjeri people have travelled to the capital to take home the remains of their ancestors. Four members of the Ngarrindjeri people made the trip to take home their ancestor's remains.
Aboriginal people and the Australian Government have fought to repatriate remains from museum collections.Aboriginal people and the Australian Government have fought to repatriate remains from museum collections.
On Monday, the Ngarrindjeri people will burn eucalyptus leaves in front of the McEwan Hall in a "smoking ceremony". On Monday morning, the Ngarrindjeri people burned eucalyptus leaves in front of the university's McEwan Hall in a "smoking ceremony".
The ritual marks completion of a decade-long process that has seen remains held in the university's collection returned. The ritual marked the completion of a decade-long process during which remains held in the university's collection have been returned.
'Times change''Times change'
The delegation is in Edinburgh for the handover of the last part of human remains still held at the university. The delegation is in Edinburgh for the handover of the last piece of human remains still held at the university - a fragment of bone from a woman's ear.
They will then move onto the Museum of Scotland where they will collect six human skulls, also dating back to the 19th Century. It later moved on to the Museum of Scotland to collect six human skulls, also dating back to the 19th century.
Dr John Scally, director of the University of Edinburgh Collections, said the handover completed an important process. The remains were acquired by the university more than 100 years ago, when Australia was a British colony.
He said the remains were acquired by the university more than 100 years ago, when Australia was a British colony. Dr John Scally, director of the University of Edinburgh collections, said the handover completed an important process.
He added: "Over the past decade we have been returning human remains to the Aboriginal cultures which they came from. "Over the past decade we have been returning human remains to the Aboriginal cultures which they came from," he added.
"Times have changed dramatically since we were given these remains, but we are very happy that through returning them we are able to build a new relationship with the indigenous people of Australia.""Times have changed dramatically since we were given these remains, but we are very happy that through returning them we are able to build a new relationship with the indigenous people of Australia."