Nathan Maynard wants non-Indigenous Australians to ask themselves an awkward question.
BBC News, Sydney
An Aboriginal Tasmanian performance artist and playwright, Maynard says the idea came to him when he witnessed "virtue signalling" on social media, where "everyone wants to be seen as a good person" when it comes to Indigenous issues. "Would they put their body on the line if they had to? Would they protest the next time an Aboriginal person is killed in custody? Will they join our protests?"
They included William Lanne, an Aboriginal Tasmanian leader known as "King Billy", whose body was dismembered and used for scientific research after his death in 1869. "She pleaded with everyone and the government not to do that to her. And what did they do? They waited for two years after her death, and exhumed her body and put it on display in a museum until the 1940s."
Last year, the remains of 108 people who died more than 40,000 years ago were reburied after they were dug up without permission in the 1960s and 70s."I view expression through art as being a core part of being human, but when the public's money is involved, I think there are fair questions that need to be asked," Hobart councillor Louise Elliot told the Spectator.
"There's lots of mummies in museums and other bits and pieces of people that were collected and commodified in the past," Dr Longstaff says.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Benidorm: British woman in critical condition after falling from sixth-floor hotel balconyThe 36-year-old's British husband, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide was released from custody, following the incident which took place in the early hours of Saturday.
Read more »
London rabbi 'absolutely devastated' after British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shootingMaia and Rina Dee, reportedly aged 20 and 15 respectively, were killed by Palestinian gunmen who attacked their car close to an Israeli settlement.
Read more »
Two British sisters killed and mum seriously wounded in West Bank gun attackTwo British sisters have been shot dead and their mother badly injured in a gun attack near a Jewish settlement on the West Bank.
Read more »
Benjamin Netanyahu names British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shootingTwo British-Israeli sisters who died in a shooting in the West Bank have been named by Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Read more »
Two British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting named Prime Minister, Benjamin NetanyaThe women, who are in their 20s, were shot dead in an attack on their car near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank
Read more »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu names British sisters killed in West Bank shootingTwo British sisters who died in a shooting in the West Bank have been named by Israel's prime minister.
Read more »