Word: walsh
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...does this performance help settle Harvard’s yet-undecided closer situation? Probably not. Despite Wilson’s sterling effort, head coach Joe Walsh has already found success with junior Matt Brunnig in a similar relief role this year, and Salsgiver—last year’s closer on opening day—also remains...
...been for his "persistent personal efforts and unassisted financial expenditure," these items would have "vanished to obscurity," he has claimed. But in mid 2000, when representatives of the local Bidjara people asked Walsh to repatriate his collection (as has become common practice among museums both in Australia and overseas), Walsh had some conditions. In a confidential letter obtained by Time, he offered to hand over the assemblages in exchange for a payment of $A100,000 to his rock art research facility, in recognition of his care of the remains, and a guarantee that the bones would be appropriately stored...
...proposal upset the Bidjara. "We got the s__ts, naturally,'' says traditional landowner Lionel Fraser, of Roma, in western Queensland. "Walshy wouldn't come near me after, because I told him I would punch him in the mouth.'' Walsh says he has hidden the bones in a cave in the Carnarvon Gorge region, about 600 km northwest of Brisbane, and will not reveal its location unless he is satisfied the remains will be properly cared...
...Walsh's case is not unique. Queensland authorities believe many more caches are secretly held by people who think they will take better care of the remains than would the traditional owners, or who have recognized their potential value to illegal collectors. In response, the Queensland government last year passed some of Australia's most comprehensive laws on possession of Aboriginal remains and artifacts. It is now illegal for anyone to conceal the location of Aboriginal remains from the state government, or to possess them in any circumstance after the traditional owners have sought their return. Breaches can attract fines...
...Walsh contends the remains will not be properly cared for if they are returned to the Bidjara, and that their case for repatriation is a mockery. "They don't even know who (the dead people) were, let alone the boundaries of the country (they died in).'' he says. Walsh is talking "bulls__t," says Fraser, who has arranged for land to be set aside for a "keeping place" for the remains. "The stuff he knows about rock art and Aborigines was taught to him by my family. If they weren't our bodies, I wouldn't be running around trying...