Skeletal remains of two Aboriginal ancestors have been returned to Northern New South Wales after they were taken more than one hundred years ago.
The skull of a man, sent to Scotland for research in the 1880s and also one of a woman were returned to the Anaiwan people and laid to rest in the Booroolong Nature Reserve last week.
It is one of the rare occasions that the remains of a woman have been returned to Anaiwan land, adding extra sentimental value for women of the tribe, who performed a cultural ceremony for the first time.
Anaiwan woman Cheryl Kitchener told NITV News she was honoured to be a part of the event.
After more than 100 years, the remains of two First Nations ancestors that were taken for research have been returned to their Anaiwan homelands near Armidale in NSW's Northern Tablelands.