Repatriation to the Gunaikurnai, Menang, and Ngarrindjeri

© AW-Andreas Wünschirs, 2019
From left to right: Amanda Morley (assistant director of Indigenous repatriation of the Australian Department of Communications and the Arts), David Doble (Director of the Department for Communications and the Arts), Meghan Krakouer (Director of the National Suicide Prevention & Trauma Recovery project, Australia), Stewart Hansen, Léontine Meijer van-Mensch (Director SES), Lynette Wood (Australian Ambassador to Germany), and Major Sumner (Ngarrindjeri Ambassador).

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Delegations from Gunaikurnai, Menang, and Ngarrindjeri communities in Australia traveled to Leipzig to bring their ancestors back home. 45 ancestral remains and hair samples had been uncovered by SES researchers, who performed archival analyses to determine how they entered the SES Collections. Australian representatives from each community as well as representatives from the government took part in the Leipzig ceremony.

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Menschen übergeben Objekte im Innenhof des Grassimuseums
© GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Foto: Andreas Wünschirs
Repatriierung an die Gunaikurnai, Menang und Ngarrindjeri am 28. November 2019 im GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig "Restitution Australien" in the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Thursday, November 28, 2019.
© Andreas Wünschirs
"Restitution Australien" in the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Thursday, November 28, 2019
© Andreas Wünschirs
"Restitution Australien" in the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Thursday, November 28, 2019
© Andreas Wünschirs
"Restitution Australien" in the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Thursday, November 28, 2019
© Andreas Wünschirs
"Restitution Australien" in the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Thursday, November 28, 2019
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