Modern Australian

Australia has 2,000 missing persons and 500 unidentified human remains – a dedicated lab could find matches

  • Written by Jodie Ward, Adjunct Professional Associate, University of Canberra

It’s been 52 years since the Beaumont children disappeared from Glenelg beach, Adelaide on Australia Day 1966.

In this case, excavation of a new area of interest – based on new evidence pointing to possible shallow graves – is expected to commence this week.

Sadly however, the Beaumont children are just three of around 2,000 long...