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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.

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.

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.

Autopsies
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/autopsies/

An autopsy is a detailed and careful medical examination of a person's body and its organs after death to help establish the cause of death.

Body disposal - legal procedures
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/body-disposal-legal-procedures/

Certain procedures must be carried out in order to dispose of a human body, including arranging for a funeral, certifying that a person is dead and what the cause of death was, as well as registering the death.

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.

Mourning - Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-oro-province-papua-new-guinea/

For the people of Collingwood Bay in Oro Province, north-east Papua New Guinea, death was associated with elaborate mourning rituals and the wearing of specific mourning attire.

Preparing the body for disposal
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/preparing-the-body-for-disposal/

Find out how bodies are prepared, covered, stored, enclosed and, finally, transported for disposal.

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.

Preparation for death - Dorin Hart
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/preparation-for-death-dorin-hart/

A celebration of Ralf's life at a home funeral, told by Dorin Hart.