Community healing together as ancestors reburied

Following the reburial of hundreds of Aboriginal ancestors on Country, the community says healing can begin.

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A group of Kaurna ancestors, repatriated from the South Australian Museum, University of Adelaide, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation and Edinburgh University, were reburied on Tuesday.

A ceremony was held as they were buried at Kaurna's Wangayarta, a dedicated resting place for repatriated ancestors who were taken from Country in South Australia.

This is the fourth reburial ceremony to be held at Wangayarta, with more than 500 ancestors buried at the site since 2021.

"The biggest thing when you do these events, you know healing