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Nick Gibbs

Ancestral remains taken in the 1930s to return home

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Leeanne Enoch hailed the move. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Ancestral remains taken by an anthropologist in the 1930s and now held by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council will be returned to the Weipa Peninsula people of north Queensland.

The state government is working with the community as well as the Queensland Museum Network and counterparts in Victoria to facilitate the return.

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