'Lake Mungo is an ancient Pleistocene lake-bed in south-western New South Wales, and is one of the world’s richest archaeological sites. Message from Mungo focuses on the interface over the last 40 years between the scientists on one hand, and, on the other, the Indigenous communities who identify with the land and with the human remains revealed at the site. This interface has often been deeply troubled and contentious, but within the conflict and its gradual resolution lies a moving story of the progressive empowerment of the traditional custodians of the area.' (Source: Publishers website)
'The human remains that were discovered at Lake Mungo in the late 1960s
revolutionised our knowledge of human history. Believed to be approximately
40,000 years old, the remains of the individual now referred to as‘Mungo Lady’
revealed the antiquity of human occupation on the Australian continent...'
'The human remains that were discovered at Lake Mungo in the late 1960s
revolutionised our knowledge of human history. Believed to be approximately
40,000 years old, the remains of the individual now referred to as‘Mungo Lady’
revealed the antiquity of human occupation on the Australian continent...'
