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Ancestors return to country after too long away

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The traditional burial at Dhilba Guuranda - Innes National Park. Source: SBS News

The ancestral remains of thousands of First Nations people are still held in museums and institutions around the world and the Narunnga community has spent years searching for those who went missing. Now they’ve brought 38 ancestors home to country and given them a traditional burial at Dhilba Guuranda - Innes National Park.


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By Peta Doherty, Danielle Robertson

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Source: SBS News


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The ancestral remains of thousands of First Nations people are still held in museums and institutions around the world and the Narunnga community has spent years searching for those who went missing. Now they’ve brought 38 ancestors home to country and given them a traditional burial at Dhilba Guuranda - Innes National Park.



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