Imagine walking along a riverbank and stumbling upon a shallow grave with the remains of someone who died hundreds of years ago. Such a discovery isn't as rare as you might think, according to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council.
abc.net.au/news/ancestral-remains-murray-river-indigenous-australians-reburial/101894680Imagine walking along a riverbank and stumbling upon centuries-old human remains in a shallow grave uncovered by floodwaters.
Ms Pettit Havea said it was not uncommon for her team to be called to three to four such cases per week.Her team was involved in a recent investigation that determined bones uncovered by Murray River flooding at Red Cliffs, near Mildura, belonged to an Aboriginal ancestor who died hundreds of years ago."From there, council's policies were implemented with an eventual transfer of remains to the rightful traditional owners.
"Even a layman looking at them would have realised that they've been there for a very long period of time," Superintendent O'Connor said. Responsibility for the remains was then passed to Ms Pettit Havea's Ancestral Remains Unit to co-ordinate an eventual reburial, alongside Parks Victoria and "the rightful traditional owners".Ms Pettit Havea emphasised that anyone who came across what they suspected could be human remains should leave them be.
"And it's worth noting also, there are penalties for knowingly causing harm to Aboriginal cultural heritage, including ancestral remains, under the Victorian cultural heritage law."The riverside site at Red Cliffs where the remains were uncovered is commonly agreed to be on Latji Latji lands. "The remains were found on our land so that's our ancestor and we want to be involved in the process of returning them," they said.Brendan Kennedy says his people have long had their own cultural inheritance council.
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