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There are lots of different specialists that worked on the site, analysed the finds, and coordinated a culturally appropriate management of the excavations. Read about some of them below:
Sue Feary
Key archaeologist with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service who excavated at the site and analysed the finds.
Angela Davis
Palaeontologist at ANU. She first realised the finds for what they were - not the remains of early European settlers.
Colin Pardoe
Physical Anthropologist working at the ANU. He specialised in the analysis of human bones.
Guboo Ted Thomas
Yuin tribal elder. He conducted the reburial service in front of over 60 other local aboriginal people.
Graeme Taylor
Canberra University geologist who alaysed the sediment and surmised a rough date of 1,000 and 15,000 years old
Stuart Cohen
Journalist who wrote the first detailed article on the finds and worked for NPWS. He also makes short documentaries and is hoping to make one soon about the RFC site!
Merrimans Land Council
Under the NSW Land Rights Act, the site is within the Merriman's local Aboriginal Land Council based at Wallaga Lake.
National Museum of Australia
The grave goods are now housed here under strict security measures. They are not on display.
Farmer Jim
He allowed archaeologists, the media and the local aboriginal community onto his property to learn more about the finds. Months later it was he who dug the hole for the remains to be reburied.
Jenny LeComte
She worked for the local newspaper and was the first one to break the story of the finds.
Phil Boot and Keryn Walsh
Phil and Keryn, specialists in bone wear and breakages, analysed the kangaroo tooth necklace and determined the way that each tooth had been manufactured and used.
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