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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lorena Allam

NSW boys home grounds to be explored after possible ‘clandestine’ human burial sites revealed

An aerial view of the old Kinchela Boys Home outside Kempsey, NSW, Australia
Aerial view of the old Kinchela boys home near Kempsey. The NSW government will engage ‘archeological and heritage services’ to explore the site. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

The New South Wales 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.

In September, Guardian Australia revealed there are at least nine “suspicious” sites of possible graves on the grounds of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home, one of the most violent and abusive institutions of the stolen generations era.

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