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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.

Disposing of the dead - Preservation
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-preservation/

The earliest deliberately preserved bodies are those of the Chinchorro culture of northern Chile which date back about 7000 years. Today, the preserved bodies of famous political leaders, such as Lenin and Mao Tse Teung, demonstrate the continuing urge to defy death in some way.

Preparation for death: stories
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/preparation-for-death-stories/

Read about how these people from different cultures prepare the bodies of their dead.

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.

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.

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.