At every stop on the way-in sonorously named bush towns like Wagga Wagga, Narrandera and Gundagai-the vehicle was met by jubilant crowds. A convoy of Aboriginal elders and activists followed close behind. Laid out inside was a beautiful rough-hewn casket crafted from 8,000-year-old fossilized wood. In November 2017, a black vintage hearse trundled across the verdant Australian sheep country west of Sydney toward the shimmering deserts of the outback. It was one of the more cinematic funeral caravans in recent memory. Tony Perrottet Photographs by David Maurice Smith
