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John Howard(Prime Minister of Australia) and Tony Blair(Prime Minister of United Kingdom) met on July 4, 2000 in London. They concluded the joint declaration about Australia aborigine’s remains repatriation. After then, ‘Human Tissue Act’ legislated under Department for Culture, Media and Sport of United Kingdom in 2004 would be resolved the problem on the repatriation of the Tasmania aborigines’ remains. But, this act was not originally for settling liquidation of the past which Tasmania aborigines have suffered. The ‘2004 Human Tissue Act’ added more details on the repatriation of the Tasmania aborigine’s remains which was preserved in the Museum of the Britain. The 17 Tasmania aborigine’s remains which was preserved in Natural History Museum of London were repatriated in 2007 with application of the ‘2004 Human Tissue Act’. Although, a lot of Australia Tasmania aborigine’s remains which had been collected from and kept in British Empire has been preserved in United Kingdom’s well-known museums, galleries, various scientifc felds and medical research institution so far. This study was examined overall progress from the British’s collection of Australia Tasmania aborigine’s remains in 18-19th century(British Empire era) to the Australia Tasmania aborigine’s repatriation request of their ancestors’ remains attaching with liquidation of the colonial past.

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