Historic Aboriginal hearse to carry Mungo Man home to country
Miki Perkins
The steel-pressed wheels of this Aboriginal hearse have traversed thousands of kilometres, criss-crossing the country roads of southern Australian as it carried Indigenous people on their last journey home to be buried on country.
Purchased by the Aboriginal Advancement League in Melbourne in the 1970s, it drove as far as Sydney, Adelaide and Tamworth before it was retired, acquired by Melbourne Museum in 1988 and put on proud display in the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre.
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