Anindilyakwa Repatriation Ceremony. Photo: Manchester Museum.
Last week (Tuesday 5 September), Manchester Museum celebrated the return of 174 culturally significant artefacts to the Aboriginal Anindilyakwa community of Australia’s Northern Territory.
As part of what is being considered a landmark repatriation project, representatives from the Anindilyakwa community travelled the 14,300 kilometres from Groote Eylandt to Manchester for the formal ceremony.
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