For decades, Australian institutions have displayed stolen human remains. But there’s a way forward
- Written by Isabella Crebert, PhD Candidate in Forensic Anthropology, School of Law & Justice, University of Newcastle
The RA Rodda Pathology Museum at the University of Tasmania, established in 1966, is currently in possession of about 2,700 human body parts. At least 177 of these were obtained without consent from their loved ones.
Most of these human bodies were collected from individuals who, at the time of their death, required an autopsy. A coroner’s...





