❓ Question regarding the location and repatriation of Aboriginal remains discovered at Lake Claremont in 1972, and the government's plan to facilitate proper burial by Native Title holders. The answer indicates previous unsuccessful attempts to locate the remains.
AnsweredQoN 373Legislative Council
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With regard to the Swan Valley Nyungah Community’s Ancestors’ remains -
(1) Where are the Aboriginal remains that were discovered at Lake Claremont by Dr Ian Crawford in 1972?
(2) What steps is the Government proposing to retrieve those remains and allow the Native Title Holders of the Swan River and Swan Coastal Plans to properly lay their Ancestors’ remains to rest?
(1) Where are the Aboriginal remains that were discovered at Lake Claremont by Dr Ian Crawford in 1972?
(2) What steps is the Government proposing to retrieve those remains and allow the Native Title Holders of the Swan River and Swan Coastal Plans to properly lay their Ancestors’ remains to rest?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
4 March 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Response time
75 days
(2) Considerable effort has been made by the WAM to locate the skeletal remains in the past without success.
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