Identified! Australia - Burdekin River, Qld, Human Remains, Aug'20 - Ian Park

[Melt71]

Had to look up what a swag is in Australia A mobile sleeping unit. It is normally a bundle of belongings rolled in a traditional fashion to be carried by a foot traveler in the bush/Bedroll.

That's a very fancy tent. For most of us Aussies a swag would be represented by a sleeping mat with a couple of thin woollen blankets and used on the large stations (ranches) for multi-day travels to service fences or check on animals. Basically you sleep under the stars and in the morning everything rolls up and can easily be carried tied on your horse's saddle. Remember in Australia we have no bears or wolves or anything that might eat us in the night.

 

[Bit of hope]

That's a very fancy tent. For most of us Aussies a swag would be represented by a sleeping mat with a couple of thin woollen blankets and used on the large stations (ranches) for multi-day travels to service fences or check on animals. Basically you sleep under the stars and in the morning everything rolls up and can easily be carried tied on your horse's saddle. Remember in Australia we have no bears or wolves or anything that might eat us in the night.

So you mean there could have been no tent at all? But there are deadly spiders, snakes and what not....

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I don't think that is a pic of what could be called a tent. It is a modern day swag. I've seen backpackers carrying them on their back.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

At least they don't eat you alive

I can't imagine living somewhere where you might run into larger animals and becoming dinner for them.
I would be too scared to set foot outside my house.

So you mean there could have been no tent at all? But there are deadly spiders, snakes and what not....

 

[Melt71]

So you mean there could have been no tent at all? But there are deadly spiders, snakes and what not....

No tent! We used to sleep with our swag in the back of Dad's ute (pickup truck for Americans) as our farm had enough tracks that we didn't need to use horses. You learn really fast as a kid to shake your boots in the morning before putting them on, so that the spiders, snakes and other nasties fall out

I don't think that is a pic of what could be called a tent. It is a modern day swag. I've seen backpackers carrying them on their back.

Backpackers yes. The types that would come into our local pub and all the farmers would raise their eyebrows at each other behind their backs and laugh at them when they left. I haven't lived on the land for 30 years though, so maybe even the farmers have softened up now

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Well the Police have said there was a tent and a swag and I tend to believe them.

 

[Melt71]

Sure. But a tent AND a swag. Not that a tent is the same as a swag

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Burdekin River bones investigation hits brick wall as investigators struggle to find DNA match

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4 hours ago - The Townsville Bulletin can reveal investigators have not been able to find a DNA match and were going back for more tests

 

[iulia]

These remains have been identified as those of 64-year-old Ian Park.

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[TootsieFootsie]

Thanks, the link wouldn't let me see the article. I must have used up all my free goes.

RIP Ian Park. Condolences to family and friends

These remains have been identified as those of 64-year-old Ian Park.

 

[iulia]

Thanks, the link wouldn't let me see the article. I must have used up all my free goes.

RIP Ian Park. Condolences to family and friends

I've found another article but it is behind a paywall and when I try to post the link it looks weird. Here it is, though:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...c5ac9c3a3c54&usg=AOvVaw20drnFFIkTDgc6-8qHfovU

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Thanks, I can read that.

I've found another article but it is behind a paywall and when I try to post the link it looks weird. Here it is, though:

 

[Bit of hope]

RIP Mr. Park.

 

[Bit of hope]

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Ian Park identified as remains located at Burdekin River
A skeleton found in a tent on the banks of the Burdekin River has been identified three months after it was located by fishermen.
Mikayla Mayoh, Townsville Bulletin
November 6, 2020 2:21pm
A skeleton found in a tent on the banks of the Burdekin River has been identified three months after it was located by fishermen.
A spokesman for Queensland Police media said the skeletal remains were formally identified through a number of DNA tests on the remains and then compared with relatives.
“The Coroner has accepted bones located in a swag along the Burdekin River at Dalbeg in August are those of 64-year-old Ian Park,” the spokesman said.
“A number of DNA tests have been conducted on the remains and compared those to DNA samples obtained from living relatives of the deceased. “Mr Park’s family has been notified.”
Fishermen stumbled across the skeletal remains inside a tent by the banks of the river near Eight Miles Creek on August 8, and they were flown to Brisbane for forensic testing.
Police believed the body had been in the tent for a “significant period of time”, likely years.
It’s understood Mr Park was mistaken for Ayr police officer Mick Isles in 2015 and was located by police.
Reports dating back to 2015 suggest a man, mistaken as a sighting of Isles, had been living in various locations along the banks of the Burdekin River.
The suspicious man, known only at the time as “Ian” was reported to police as a possible sighting of Isles and was said to have matched his age and height.
Isles was last seen in September 2009 leaving his Ayr home for a workshop in Townsville. His vehicle was found 100km away from the skeletal remains.
According to the report, police spoke with “Ian” at a Burdekin River embankment where he was described as “casually relaxing and keeping an eye on a crocodile”.
At the time “Ian” was said to have been about 58 years old.