Palm Island tote There are few stories concerning

There are few stories concerning non-Aboriginal people who crossed over into the Aboriginal world as did Alick Jackomos

Photo: Dr Rachel Paltridge

230mm x 155mm x 25mm

She lives on the coast of New South Wales with her family where she is a keen year-round ocean tidal-pool swimmer

Palm Island tote There are few stories concerningIn November 2004, Mulrunji Doomadgee's tragic death triggered civil unrest within the Indigenous community of Palm Island. This led to the first prosecution of a Queensland police officer in relation to a death in custody. Despite prolonged media attention, much of it negative and full of stereotypes, few Australians know the turbulent history of 'Australia's Alcatraz', a political prison set up to exile Queensland's 'troublesome blacks'. In Palm