What happend in Victoria around 1865 involving Aboriginal people?
“When the American Confederate ship "Shenandoah" was docked in
Melbourne in 1865, a British archaeological expedition was working
in Victoria. They were robbed, and newspaper stories said the main
things stolen were Aboriginal bones, skulls and artefacts."
"Why would anyone want to steal old bones?"
"They were worth money, unfortunately. Aborigines were killed for
their bodies and graves were dug up."
"How could scientists do that? How could they? It's unreal...."
