Indigenous groups angered at reburial of 42,000-year-old Lake Mungo remains despite promise
by Calla Wahlquist from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZPKT)
Labor's Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney says NSW assured commonwealth the reburial would not go ahead until court action considered
The 42,000-year-old remains of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady have been reburied despite an application to stay the burial under federal Aboriginal heritage laws and the New South Wales government promising in writing that the burial would not go ahead.
Guardian Australia understands the ancient remains were reburied this week. Traditional owners who opposed the reburial say they are shocked and outraged".
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