Tall Man: A Death in Aboriginal Australia

by Chloe Hooper

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Palm Island may be the most beautiful tropical island in Australia, but its name is synonymous with violence. It is home to one of the country's largest Aboriginal communities, descendants of people torn from their own lands, their clans and their families in the era of the Stolen Generation. In 2004 Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old resident of the island, was arrested for swearing at a white police officer and locked in the cells. Within forty-five minutes he was dead. The police claimed he'd tripped on a step, but the Government pathologist later said that his injuries were consistent with...Read more
  • ISBN10 1416561617
  • ISBN13 9781416561613
  • Publish Date 19 April 2014 (first published 29 January 2009)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Scribner Book Company
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 272
  • Language English