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Homeward bound: Mungo Man starts journey to country

Paakantyi elder Michael Young, Mutthi Mutthi elder Mary Pappin and Mildura mayor Glenn Milne at Nowingi Place, where a festival commemorating Mungo Man's return to country will be held in November. Picture: Carmel Zaccone.
Sunraysia Daily

MUNGO Man, whose remains are the oldest found in Australia, today begins his journey home to the Willandra Lakes, north-east of ­Mildura.The 40,000-year-old remains will be returned to what is now Mungo National Park alongside 104 others at a sacred ceremony on Friday.Mungo Man’s long-awaited repatriation begins today in Canberra, where the Ngunnawal people will […]

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