<p>On Tuesday 21 October, the Kaurna community came together (along with friends and allies), for the fourth and final reburial ceremony of their Ancestors at Wangayarta.</p><p><br></p><p>The southern mound, one of four reburial mounds at Wangayarta, was created for the reburial of Kaurna Ancestors disturbed from southern areas of Kaurna Country over the last century.</p><p><br></p><p>Wangayarta is a memorial/reburial park designed by the Kaurna community in 2019-2020 as a pilot repatriation project here in South Australia. Led by the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation, the park was created to re-inter disturbed Ancestors held for decades at the South Australian Museum and the Adelaide University.</p><p><br></p><p>Emotional ceremonies have already been held at Wangayarta for Kaurna Ancestors from the northern, western and eastern parts of Kaurna Country since December 2021.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode you’ll hear from:</p><p><br></p><p>- Allan Sumner, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri Traditional Owner and MC of the ceremony </p><p>- Major Moogy Sumner, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri Elder</p><p>- Anna Russo, Aboriginal Heritage and Repatriation Manager at the South Australian Museum </p><p>- Allan Sumner speaking at the event, used with permission.</p>
