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ORIC Spotlight On: Taking care of elders, past and future

14 July 2021
Jobs, Land and Economy
An older man with a long, white beard, a curly fringe and a black jacket sits in front of a glass wall.

Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC works for Kaurna in the Tarntanya (Adelaide) community, to care for all their elders and to involve all Australians in their healing.

Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (KYAC) manages native title rights and interests in 17 small parcels of reclaimed Kaurna land in Tarntanya (Adelaide) Country. A large focus for the corporation is looking after all the Elders.

KYAC manages the difficult but vital task of repatriating human remains, when they are unearthed by ground clearing works, or when a museum agrees to return them.

They encourage all Australians to participate in their healing and they were one of the first groups to involve media in their repatriation rituals.

The organisation is also improving conditions for living Kaurna Elders, with the recent approval of a purpose-built housing community.

Read more about the history and role of KYAC in this month’s Spotlight On.

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised this article contains sensitive topics as well as a name, words and images of deceased people.**