Using genetics to recover Australia's lost history

该项目旨在利用20世纪初人类学探险队收集的历史头发样本来生成澳大利亚原住民的第一张基因图谱--以重建澳大利亚在欧洲之前的基因和文化历史。来自博物馆档案的地图和详细的背景和家谱信息将帮助土著社区和个人重建其个人和家庭历史，追溯祖先并增加口头或书面记录。尖端科学、详细的档案研究和全面的家庭外展和报告计划的结合，将在协助澳大利亚的和解进程、被盗一代和遣返土著遗骸方面迈出一步。

This project aims to use historic hair samples collected by anthropological expeditions in the early 20th Century to generate the first genetic map of Aboriginal Australia – in order to reconstruct Australia’s pre-European genetic and cultural past. The map and the detailed contextual and genealogical information from museum archives will assist Aboriginal communities and individuals to reconstruct their personal and family history and trace ancestry and augment oral or written records. The combination of cutting-edge science, detailed archival research, and a comprehensive family outreach and reporting program will be a step change in assisting Australia’s reconciliation process, the Stolen Generation, and repatriation of Indigenous remains.