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Mourning - Indigenous Australia
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-indigenous-australia/As a sign of mourning, white 'mourning caps' were worn by some Indigenous Australian communities, although the type of cap worn varied from region to region.
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Mourning - Society Islands, Heva ceremony
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-society-islands-heva-ceremony/In the Society Islands, French Polynesia, the death of a chief or person of distinction was accompanied by the performance of a ceremony called a heva, which was paid for and organised by the family of the deceased.
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Mourning - Victorian Era
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-victorian-era/In Great Britain, during the reign of Queen Victoria, people usually died in their homes, surrounded by family and friends, and the corpse stayed in the home until burial.
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Mourning - an introduction
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-an-introduction/Cultures mourn and celebrate death in different ways. Explore this diversity and the ways people remember their dead. Read about the way people prefer to dispose of their bodies and to be remembered.
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Stethoscopes
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/stethoscopes/The first stethoscope was invented in 1819 by Rene Laennec, and enabled doctors to more confidently detect a heartbeat and identify the 'signs of death'.
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Safety coffins
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/safety-coffins/Fear of premature burial was widespread in 18th and 19th century Europe, leading to the invention of the safety coffin. Over thirty different designs were patented in Germany in the second half of the 19th century.
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Signs of death
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/signs-of-death/Among classical Greek and Roman societies the signs of death were the absence of a heartbeat and breathing, and the onset of putrefaction. In medieval times a candle was held to the mouth - a flicker of the candle was shown as a sign of life.
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Stages of decomposition
https://australian.museum/learn/science/stages-of-decomposition/Decomposition of a corpse is a continual process that can take from weeks to years, depending on the environment.
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Decomposition - Forensic Evidence
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/decomposition-forensic-evidence/The presence of animals on a corpse can provide information for investigators on some of the circumstances surrounding death.
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Disposing of the dead - Exposure
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-exposure/Exposure of the body to the elements or to be consumed by animals achieves skeletonisation quickly and efficiently.
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