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Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chilling

  • Written by Katherine Johnson, Lecturer (Casual) in Creative Writing, University of Tasmania
Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chillingBonangera and Jurano were depicted performing at the Dresden Zoo in an 1882 illustration. Illustrirte Zeitung

In a large storage room in the basement of the former Musée d'Histoires Naturelles in Lyon, France, stands a rare relic of the colonial era: a full-body plaster cast of an 18-year-old Badtjala man from K’gari (Fraser Island),...

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