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A man wearing glasses, a blue shirt and green gloves sits at a table inspecting thylacine skins

How colonial violence in Tasmania helped build scientists’ reputations and prestigious museum collections

by Jack Ashby, University of Cambridge Readers are advised this article contains the names of Aboriginal people who have died, and mentions attempted genocide, violence towards and offensive language about Aboriginal peoples. We might imagine that scientists gain recognition thanks…

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