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Article: NSW: Aboriginal bitterness laid to rest with trdaitional burial
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- March 3, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
03-03-2005
NSW: Aboriginal bitterness laid to rest with trdaitional burial
By Jonathan Granger
SYDNEY, March 3 AAP - Past bitterness and misunderstandings were laid to rest today
when two national museums gave up collections of Aboriginal remains for a traditional
burial in Sydney.
The remains of 14 Aborigines native to Sydney's northern beaches were buried at North
Head, near Manly's historic Quarantine Station.
"The 14 people whose spirits we lay to rest here today were all from the Karingal mob,"
Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council chairman Rob Welsh said.
"This is their land. Their people lived here for tens of thousands of years."
Mr Welsh said ...