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Paul Turnbull is a historian who is best known for his research on the theft and scientific uses of the bodily remains of Australian and other indigenous peoples. Since the early 1990s he has also assisted Australian First Nations, Australian and overseas museums, and the Australian Government in the location and repatriation of the bodily remains of First Nation ancestors from Western scientific collections.

He is an emeritus professor in history and digital humanities at the University of Tasmania. He also holds honorary professorships with the University of Queensland and the Australian National University.

Paul was born and spent his childhood on the postwar council estate of Farley Hill, Luton. He attended the Farley Hill Infants and Primary Schools. During his primary school years, he developed keen interests in music, botany and especially history under the guidance of James Dyer FSA (1934-2013), archaeologist, founding member of the Bedfordshire Archaeological Council, an active member of other local and national archaeological societies, and author of the Penguin Guide to Prehistoric England and Wales (1983)