The remains of an unknown Aboriginal man taken to London in 1900, have been returned to Country in Sydney. A reburial was held for ‘Uncle’, conducted by Indigenous elders at Berowra Creek.
[in English and German] One of the mortal remains of three people of Indigenous Australian descent in the University of Cologne’s Anatomy Center, which were planned to be returned on 4 December 2025. was discovered during the preparations for the return to have been replaced.
Seven years ago, two men found a bronze Ming Dynasty Buddha statue on a roadside in WA's Shark Bay region, Australia. Tests confirmed the Buddha had been buried for 150 years and is probably linked to the beginnings of WA's pearling industry, which was pioneered in part by Chinese people. The two men want it to be handed over to the Chinese government as a symbol of peace and diplomacy.
Two pou - ornate carvings - that have been in the South Australian Museum's collection for more than 130 years are now destined for New Zealand after a ceremony in Adelaide on Tuesday.
On March 14, the remains of eight Mirning ancestors were returned to their country and buried. The ancestors lived between the late 1800s and 1979, and their remains had most recently been stored at the West Australian Museum.
Indigenous artefacts will be returned to their ancestral home on Mornington Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria. More than 3,000 kilometres away in Victoria, Baw Baw Shire staff uncovered the 37 articles in storage.
The Albanese Labor Government has welcomed the return of 10 First Nations ancestors from three Japanese collecting institutions. A joint ceremony was held in Tokyo. This is the first ever return of ancestors from Japan.
