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Illuminating your path

to illuminate: “to make something visible or bright by shining a light on it”

G’day, I’m Paul McCarthy. This blog contains some of my writings about travel, spirituality, books, museums, arts and culture, social issues and my life in Coogee.

You can read about me and some of my favourite posts in the “About Paul” topic.

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  • Dharawal Resting Place: Bringing Aboriginal ancestors home to Country

    Dharawal Resting Place: Bringing Aboriginal ancestors home to Country

    Since 1970’s Aboriginal Australians have been pressing for the repatriation of the ancestral remains held in museums. Twelve years after the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council sought the return of 32 sets of remains from the Australian Museum, these ancestors were finally buried in the Dharawal Resting Place in the Kamay Botany Bay National…

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