Government move to engage archaeological specialists comes after ‘suspicious’ locations identified at Kinchela Aboriginal institution
Aerial view of the old Kinchela boys home near Kempsey. The NSW government will engage ‘archeological and heritage services’ to explore the site.Aerial view of the old Kinchela boys home near Kempsey. The NSW government will engage ‘archeological and heritage services’ to explore the site.government will engage a specialist to explore the site of a notorious boys home where locations “consistent with clandestine human burials” have been found using ground-penetrating radar.
The report recommended further physical searches of the entire property near the north coast NSW town of Kempsey. If human remains are found in those areas, the report said, “they would likely be of the clandestine burial type and not typical Christian burials”.The report’s authors said some of the anomalies could be archaeological as well as forensic. They noted the only way to determine for sure if there are bodies buried on the site is to excavate.
“The minister notes the sensitivity of these issues which involve sorry business and can cause trauma for stolen generations survivors, their families and their communities.”Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home was run by the Aborigines Protection Board, later called the Aborigines Welfare Board, under the NSW government from 1924 until it closed in 1970.
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