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News by Kathryn Bermingham 7th Feb 2021 12:07 PM | Updated: 1:43 PM A jawbone washed up on a northern New South Wales beach in 2011 belongs to a man who went missing at sea more than 30 years earlier, investigators and forensic DNA experts have discovered. NSW Police said an extensive investigation was launched after the bone was found on Kingscliff Beach a decade...

Investigators and forensic DNA experts have discovered that a jawbone found on a beach a decade ago belongs to a mariner lost at sea off the NSW North...

Share Share on Twitter A human jawbone that washed up on a northern New South Wales beach in 2011 has now been linked to a man who disappeared at sea more than forty years ago. New technology allowed police to make the genetic link, finally providing closure for the family. READ MORE William "Bill" Moran and his wife Philippa died when wild weather caused their boat to sink in northern New South Wales, off Evans Head in 1979.  Phillipas body was found washe...

Survivors of 1979 horror boat ride off Evans Head recount their story as their missing mate finally identified by DNA

Familial DNA link reveals jawbone found on NSW beach was that of man lost at sea 40 years ago By Alison Xiao © Provided by ABC NEWS Bill Moran, then aged 24, with his wife Philippa. (Supplied: NSW Police) A jawbone washed up on a northern New South Wales beach in 2011 has been genetically linked to a man who went missing at sea more than 40 years ago. The bone was found on Kingscliff Beach nearly a decade ago, but the case remained unsolved until a "familial DNA" link was fo...

Two men and a child have escaped injury after their boat capsized while crossing the Evans Head bar this morning. A crew from Volunteer Marine Rescue responded to the incident at about 7 o'clock. Fortunately, the boat and all people on-board washed up safely on Main Beach. (NO VIDEO) by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

The team will be operating locally in support of Exercise Tasman Shield. The personnel are all from Number 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit at RAAF Base Darwin. They will be operating from Evans Head from today, February 6, to March 19. A spokesman from the Department of Defence said the community can expect to see Air Force personnel operating trucks, antennas and a radar from field tents and shipping container units, all for Exercise Tasman Shield. The No. 114 Mobile Control and Report...

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Premium Content Subscriber only THE star of the Royal Australian Air Forces air fleet, the F-35A stealth fighter, will twice grace the skies over Evans Head bombing range in the next four months. Defence has outlined the planned operations at Evans Head Air Weapons Range (EVDAWR), south of Evans Head township from February to May. This single-seater, next generation fighter, only arrived on Australian shores in 2018. The F-35A Lightning II s a highly advanced multi-role, supersonic, stealth...

Premium Content Subscriber only Producers of Australian prawns have asked coastal residents to not use imported prawns as bait when fishing, to protect our crustaceans. Kim Hooper, executive officer at the Australian Prawn Farmers Association, made a call to Northern Rivers fishermen to avoid using imported prawns sold for human consumption as bait, even though prawns bought at retail shops are cheaper than actual bait prawns. "The risk is very high because there are lot of fishermen who use...