A grave omission: the quest to identify the dead in remote NT
- Written by Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
A bough shelter made for the funeral of W. Willika in the remote Northern Territory community of Barunga.Photo: Claire Smith
It’s hard to believe, but in 2018 the vast majority of graves of Aboriginal people in remote Northern Territory communities are not recorded in any register. When someone dies they are buried, but there’s no...
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