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Aaron Bunch

MYSTERIOUS: Instafamous quokka island s dark past remembered - What They Never Told You

One of Australia's largest Aboriginal burial grounds, on Rottnest Island, was largely forgotten. (HANDOUT/STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

The dark past of a unique West Australian holiday spot is being acknowledged, with a landmark Indigenous healing ceremony to commemorate the men and boys who died on the former prison island.

Hundreds of Aboriginal people are set to gather at Wadjemup/Rottnest Island, home to quokkas and idyllic beaches, to make peace with its traumatic legacy.

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