Remains of dozens of Indigenous ancestors returned to Australia

The remains of 36 Indigenous ancestors have been returned to Australia, with six bodies formally returned to Queensland communities at a ceremony in London’s Natural History Museum. The Australian government will care for the other ancestors’ remains until their traditional custodians can be located, as efforts to repatriate Indigenous remains taken during Britain’s colonization of the country in the 18th Century continue. The repatriation efforts aim to restore cultural and spiritual connections to Country, with over 1,775 First Nations ancestors returned from around the world, including more than 200 sets of remains from the Natural History Museum.

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