NSW boys home grounds to be explored after possible ‘clandestine’ human burial sites revealed

Government move to engage archaeological specialists comes after suspicious' locations identified at Kinchela Aboriginal institution

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The New South Wales government will engage a specialist to explore the site of a notorious boys home where locations consistent with clandestine human burials" have been found using ground-penetrating radar.

In September, Guardian Australia revealed there are at least nine suspicious" sites of possible graves on the grounds of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home, one of the most violent and abusive institutions of the stolen generations era.

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