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Ethan James

Apology for body parts being kept without consent

Families will receive a formal parliamentary apology for a museum keeping specimens without consent. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Families of people who had their remains collected and in some cases displayed by a museum without consent will receive a formal parliamentary apology. 

A coronial investigation in September found the University of Tasmania's RA Rodda Museum had kept 177 samples for teaching and research purposes between 1966 and 1991. 

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