From the moment items featured in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's latest exhibition left Tasmanian Aboriginal hands and Australian shores, curator and artist Julie Gough believes they were destined to return.
Fourteen Tasmanian Aboriginal artefacts from collections around the world, including one of the earliest from Australia, are on display in the new exhibition taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country.
Contemporary responses to the ancestral objects are included as part of the exhibition and have helped open a conversation about the permanent return of internationally kept artefacts.
