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Aboriginal memorial park opens in WA

An Aboriginal memorial park that includes the reburied remains of Aboriginal people has been officially opened south of Perth.

An Aboriginal memorial park that includes the reburied remains of Aboriginal people has been officially opened south of Perth.

 

The Wardandi Memorial Park in Bunbury holds one of the biggest reburial sites in Australia.

 

Twenty-five sets of remains of men and women were reburied late last year after they had been kept in the WA Museum since the 1970s.

 

They'd been taken from the area during housing construction.

 

Noongar Elder Dennis Jetta spoke with WA correspondent Ryan Emery about the significance of the park.

 


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