A group of Aboriginal traditional owners and elders is seeking an injunction to stop a plan by federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley to secretly rebury the bones of some of the earliest modern humans discovered anywhere in the world.
The remains of Mungo Lady, Mungo Man and 106 others were discovered between 1960 and 1980 in the Willandra Lakes region.
The remains of Mungo Lady, Mungo Man and 106 others were discovered between 1960 and 1980 in the Willandra Lakes region of south-west NSW by researchers from the Australian National University. They are among the earliest modern humans discovered anywhere in the world and their discovery rewrote Australian history, giving evidence of continuous Aboriginal existence.
The group’s stance pits it against another Aboriginal group, the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area Aboriginal Advisory Group, which claims to be representative of the Barkindji/Paakantji, Mutthi Mutthi and Ngiyampaa people. The Aboriginal Advisory Group decided in 2018 that their ancestors should be reburied.
Bowler described the Aboriginal advisory group as “a closed club” that willfully “excludes scientific input”.
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