Ground-penetrating radar: how the discovery of ‘clandestine’ anomalies could reveal buried truths

Ground-penetrating radar technology is a noninvasive means of detecting potential human remains. At least nine ‘suspicious’ sites of possible graves have been identified at the former government-run Kinchela Aboriginal Boys’ Training Home using GDR. Illustration: Guardian Design

A Guardian Australia investigation has revealed nine suspicious anomalies have been found by ground-penetrating radar scans at the former government-run Kinchela Aboriginal Boys’ Training Home near Kempsey on the New South Wales north coast.

The Missing Children Project report found the “suspicious anomalies” should be considered for excavation as they show similar GPR signals to other confirmed human burials.