UK Museum Returns Torres Strait Islander Ancestral Remains

UK Museum Returns Torres Strait Islander Ancestral Remains   A delegation from the Torres Strait today returned from Liverpool after collecting the remains of a young child, which were removed from Erub (Darnley Island) 161 years ago.   The remains were first acquired by Captain Owen Stanley in 1849 during a visit to Darnley Island.   After his death in 1850, the remains were passed on to Sir John Peter Boileau, a Norfolk antiquarian and archaeologist, who entrusted them to the Norwich Castle...

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