Aboriginal man has been reburied on Country

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.

The man is now affectionately referred to as ‘Uncle’ by those who have accompanied him back to his Country, after almost 130 years stored in a British Museum.

A man places a box with the Aboriginal flag on top into a dirt hole.

Courtesy ABC News / Liam Patrick

Personal facts like his name, age, and cause of death are unknown, lost to history.

Nathan Moran, the CEO of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, has been with Uncle since the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford handed back their collection of human remains in October 2023.

“That’s the greatest feeling of all, is to know he’s home.

“He hears the sounds of his mob, of his environment, and they met him, and they’re still with him now. It’s now good to walk away knowing he’s back where he belongs.”

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