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Mungo Man's journey home
The repatriation of Mungo Man's remains, along with 104 other ancient ancestors, are returned to country at Lake Mungo. They were welcomed with ceremony from local elders at Wagga Wagga, Hay and Balralnald before being laid to rest at Lake Mungo.
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Smoking the hearse in a ceremony before departing from Canberra on November 15, 2017.Credit:Justin McManus
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Elders going through the smoke in a ceremony before the hearse's departure.Credit:Justin McManus
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Hearse being smoked in a ceremony before it's departure.Credit:Justin McManus
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Mungo Man's remains in the red gum box, along with the other ancestors, are loaded into the hearse.Credit:Justin McManus
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Mungo Man's remains in a red gum box are loaded into the hearse.Credit:Justin McManus
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Ngiyampaa men bid Mungo a safe journey home.Credit:Justin McManus
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Emotional Elders at the departure ceremony in Canberra.Credit:Justin McManus
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Christine Palmer, a Knwarraye elder from central Australia, bids Mungo a safe journey home.Credit:Justin McManus
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The hearse having a Bush Mechanics moment in Yass.Credit:Justin McManus
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The Hearse on the Hume Hwy heading for Wagga Wagga.Credit:Justin McManus
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Smoking before the ceremony in Wagga Wagga.Credit:Justin McManus
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The hearse at the arrives at the ceremonial site in Wagga Wagga.Credit:Justin McManus
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A song about Mungo Man and Lady at the Ceremony in Wagga Wagga.Credit:Justin McManus
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On the Hume Hwy to Mungo.Credit:Justin McManus
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Ngiyampaa elder Roy Kennedy, who has been instrumental in the fight to have Mungo returned, leads the hearse in for a ceremony in Hay.Credit:Justin McManus
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The hearse at a ceremony in Hay.Credit:Justin McManus
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Ceremony in Wagga Wagga.Credit:Justin McManus
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Ceremony in Wagga Wagga.Credit:Justin McManus
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Smoke ceremony at Balranald.Credit:Justin McManus
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Mutthi Mutthi Elder Dave Edwards in ceremony for Mungo Man at Balranald.Credit:Justin McManus