Gone for a song
Subtitle: a death in custody on Palm Island
By: Jeff Waters
Contributors: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher: ABC Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780733322167
Subjects: Death and burial; Aboriginal Australian Prisoners; Death; Police; Complaints against; Discrimination in justice administration; Aboriginal Australians; Law enforcement - Custody - Deaths in custody; Death - Inquests
Description: An explosive behind-the-scenes look at the shameful standard of living on Palm Island, a microcosm of the worst of black-white relations in Australia, as told through the story of the death in custody of Mulrunji, and the protests and riots that followed. Australian author.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Watch your mouth; title: 2. Girt by sea; title: 3. Mates' rates; title: 4. Burning bridges; title: 5. Horsemen of an apocalypse; title: 6. Justice delayed; title: 7. Sardines in a tin; title: 8. The big secret; title: 9. Black and white; title: 10. Hope; title: Postscript.