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    After spending 150 years in an Irish medical school, Shiny returned to Hobart in 1990. What is Shiny?

    Question #42413. Asked by shady shaker. (Dec 17 03 5:41 AM)


    sequoianoir

    		It was a preserved Aboriginal head.

    Additionally :

    The first Aborigine known to play cricket in Australia, a player by the name of “Shiney” in Hobart in 1835, had his skull sent to a museum in Ireland when he died. It was returned for burial only in 1992.

    Dec 17 03, 1:41 PM

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