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Todd and Angela James from Campbell River, B.C., arrived in Brisbane in Queensland state on Tuesday before heading to the beach on the island of K&#8217;gari where their 19-year-old daughter lost her life. Wednesday&#8217;s ceremony was closed to media except national broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corp., which showed the parents kneeling at the shoreline and embracing members of the Butchulla Indigenous people. Piper James was working on K&#8217;gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, when she went for an early morning swim on January 19. 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