Ninety years after Pitjantjatjara man Yukun was killed by police and his remains sent to museums in Adelaide, he is finally laid to rest

On the day Yukun was returned to Uluru, his descendants leapt into the deep, narrow grave to help ease him to rest as their elders looked on, weeping.

The ceremony, at the base of the rock on an unusually cold and rainy morning, helped ease the pain of almost 90 years of unfinished business that began with a Northern Territory police shooting in 1934.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Labour urged to end two-child benefits cap as research reveals policy pushing families into poverty

New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring…

Calls for full inventory of world artefacts held by Church of England

Promise to repatriate Benin bronzes comes as momentum grows at other institutions…