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In 2017, a 95-year-old near complete human skeleton was discovered near Wilsons Promontory. With the identity of the 'Sandy Point Man' a complete mystery, the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (and their collaborators New South Wales Police Force and Australian Federal Police) utilised the emerging technology of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy to piece together the puzzle.
Come to the Victorian Archives Centre to hear from the experts who worked on this ground-breaking case. Learn how anthropology, odontology, molecular biology, and radiocarbon dating were used alongside DNA and historical research to painstakingly build a family tree for the Sandy Point Man and trace it back to a fateful day in 1928.
Tickets $5