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Tess Ikonomou

Repatriation of Indigenous items not 'simple': UK envoy

British envoy Vicki Treadell expects more Indigenous artefacts to be returned to their communities. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Britain needs to confront its colonial history in the Indo-Pacific region but requires more time to "unpick" the issue of returning the remains of Indigenous Australians and their culturally significant artefacts.

UK high commissioner to Australia Vicki Treadell told the National Press Club Britain understood the importance of cultural treasures taken from nations under colonial periods but returning them wasn't a straightforward process.

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