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"Just so there's no confusion," he says, "I say once more, for the record, that the barks belong to my Dja Dja Wurrung people.

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Of the Dja Dja Wurrung barks, Murray told me recently: "It taunts us spiritually".

Gary Murray of the Dja Dja accused the British museums of "colonial arrogance".

Murray and Foley have been in discussions with the British Museum over their insistence the barks return permanently to the Dja Dja Wurring.

He supported the seizure of the bark artefacts under the federal Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act by a Dja Dja Wurrung elder and fellow activist, Gary Murray.

The declaration obtained by members of the Dja Dja Wurrung tribe covers two bark etchings and a ceremonial headdress lent by the British Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens for the Victoria's 150th anniversary celebration.

Warm-up concerts throughout the week include the Wiggles and Augie March, and the official opening ceremony is followed by a night of music telling the stories of the Dja Dja Wurrung people.

The act was legislated precisely to prevent a repeat of the seizure by Murray (supported by Foley senior) of the Dja Dja Wurrung barks from the British Museum collection on loan to the Melbourne Museum in 2004.

The counter-argument, of course, has always been that had the British Museum not acquired items such as the Dja Dja Wurrung barks and the Gweagel shield, they may otherwise have turned to dust.

Murray was central to a failed Dja Dja Wurrung attempt to have the barks permanently returned to his people while they were on loan from the British Museum to the Melbourne Museum in 2004.

The CSKA Moscow forward Seydou Doumbia and France-based defenders Brice Dja Djédjé and Benjamin Angoua also missed out.

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