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Exclusive: Artefacts sacred to Victoria’s Dja Dja Wurrung people could be exhibited next year in Australia – a move activists hope could one day lead to their permanent return
The British Museum, long intransigent on repatriating treasures such as the Parthenon marbles to their original owners, has entered detailed negotiations with a Victorian Aboriginal clan about potentially returning its sacred artefacts from London.
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