Established in 2019, the Warlpiri Project has worked with the South Australian Museum along with GMAAAC, Newmont Mining Company, AIATSIS, Warlukurlangu Art’s Centre, MAGNT and PAW Media, to repatriate many objects to back to Warlpiri country and undertake research and archival documentation to support a process of truth-telling and reunion between Warlpiri people and their family and cultural histories.

This timeline offers a brief summary of recent activities by The Warlpiri Project. For more information, follow The Warlpiri Project on Facebook, or contact the South Australian Museum’s Warlpiri Repatriation Officer Jamie Jungarrayi Hampton.

Recent repatriation activities

In the media

• The Guardian: Warlpiri ancestor disappeared down the ‘white pipeline’. Finally it was time for him to return (December 2023)

• ABC Alice Springs: Yuendumu community sings, dances and cries as remains of 'King of the Warlpiri' returned to country (November 2023)

• NITV: After more than 60 years, the remains of a Warlpiri ancestor have returned to Country (November 2023)

• The Guardian: It’s Warlpiri identity’: Indigenous photos, drawings and sacred objects come home after 60 years (November 2023)

• The Guardian: ‘Final resting place’: sacred Indigenous objects returned to Australia from US university (June 2022)

Connect with The Warlpiri Project

The Warlpiri Project on Facebook

Contact Jamie Jungarrayi Hampton, Warlpiri Repatriation Officer: thewarlpiriproject@gmail.com