Report of the inquiry into the death of the young man who died at Wujal Wujal on 29 March 1987 / by Commissioner L.F. Wyvill
- Bib ID:
- 2095646
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australia. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1990
- x, 53 pages ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0644123265
- Series:
- Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 1990, no. 48.
- Summary:
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Personal and community profile; circumstances leading to admission to Wujal Wujal watchhouse and subsequent death by hanging; issues of Aboriginal policing and social control, watchhouse conditions, status and role of young men ,lack of employment opportunities, alcohol, housing standards, proximity of different mobs, land access and control, commercial and tourist development.
- Notes:
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- At head of title: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
- Cat. no. 9007699.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1745263867
- Subject:
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- Young man who died at Wujal Wujal on 29 March 1987, 1963-1987
- Prisoners, Aboriginal Australian -- Mortality
- Prisons and race relations -- Australia
- Police -- Complaints against -- Australia
- Substance use - Social and economic aspects
- Law enforcement - Police - Native police
- Social behaviour - Roles
- Employment - Labour market
- Land rights - Access rights
- Economic sectors - Tourism
- Law enforcement - Custody - Deaths in custody - Royal Commission
- Social behaviour - Social control
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Substance use
- Housing
- Northeast Queensland (NE Qld SE55)
- Wujal Wujal / Bloomfield River (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wyvill, L. F
- Copyright:
-
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- Until 2088 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1994
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2018
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