Authors: Chloe Hooper
The Tall Man (33 page)
For information about the Doomadgee Mission I have referred to Trigger,
Whitefella Comin’
, and to Vic Akehurst,
A Light in the Darkness: An Anecdotal History of the Doomadgee Mission
(Market Intelligence, 2007). The report quoted on p. 105 was written by the director of tuberculosis to the director general of Health and Medical Services, May 1950, Queensland State Archives, QS 505/1.
Trigger is quoted on p. 113 from
Whitefella Comin’
, p. 20. Tony Roberts refers to the discovery of a cave of skeletons in
Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country to 1900
(University of Queensland Press, 2005), pp. 50–51. Lizzy Daylight is quoted on p. 113 from “Nicholson River Land Claim: Report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Mr Justice Kearney, to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs to the Administrator of the Northern Territory” (Australian Government Publishing, 1985), p. 4. Henry Reynolds quotes Caroline Creaghe (p. 114) on the practices of Lorne Hill Station in “The Aboriginals in Colonial Society, 1840–1897,” Appendix 1(a), “Regional Report of Inquiry in Queensland, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody,” p. 4.
BURKETOWN
W. E. Roth is quoted on p. 125 from
Notes on Government, Morals and Crime
(Government Printer, 1906), p. 6. The song “Hard, Hard Country” by David Kirkpatrick/Stanley Coaster is quoted on p. 128 with the permission of EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited. Norman Mailer is quoted on p. 128 from
Armies of the Night
(Penguin, 1994), p. 148.
THE INQUEST RESUMES
Norman Mailer is quoted on p. 145 from
Armies of the Night
, p. 147–48. George Orwell on pp. 150–51is quoted from “Shooting an Elephant,” in
A Collection of Essays
(Harcourt Brace, 1981), pp. 148–53. Gillian Colinshaw is fascinating on the relationship between police and Aborigines in
Blackfellas, Whitefellas and the Hidden Injuries of Race
(Blackwell Publishing, 2004).
THE FUNERAL
Colin Tatz is quoted on p. 161 from
Aboriginal Suicide Is Different: A Portrait of Life and Self-Destruction
(Aboriginal Studies Press, 2001), pp. 75–78.
THE SUBMISSIONS
Peter Sutton is quoted on p. 170 from “The Politics of Suffering,” p. 146. Sutton also quotes W. E. H. Stanner (p. 170) in
Dreamings
, pp. 14–16.
THE FINDINGS
Tony Koch’s article “Bloody Disgrace: Saga Is State’s Worst Injustice” is quoted on p. 176 with permission of the
Australian
, December 15, 2006. The quote on pp. 178–79 comes from Sir Laurence Street and Peter Davis’s “Street Report.”
THE TRIAL
The poll results quoted on pp. 197–98 (commissioned by Levitt Robinson Solicitors) are from “Community Consultation Report: Palm Island Riots,” AEC Group, July 2006.
• • •
AMAZING GRACE
Doreen Cockatoo is quoted on p. 225 from “Broken Links: The Stolen Generation in Queensland,” State Library of Queensland, 2007. The quote on pp. 226–27 is from
Ampe Akelyerneremane Meke Mekarle: “Little Children Are Sacred”: Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse
(Northern Territory Government, 2007), p. 12. Information about song cycles in this chapter is from Walter E. Roth,
Games, Sports and Amusements
(Government Printer, 1902), p. 21; the “Nicholson River Land Claim” transcript;
Forget About Flinders: A Yanyuwa Families Atlas of the South West of the Gulf of Carpentaria
, by Yanyuwa families, John Bradley, and Nona Cameron, 2003.
THE VERDICT
The article “Racist Words Alarm Drivers” is quoted on pp. 230–31 from
Townsville Bulletin
, June 18, 2007. Tony Hurley is quoted on p. 232 from “943 Days,” in
Queensland Police Union Journal
, August 2007, p. 12.
IMAGES
P. vii: map of Queensland; credit: Alan Laver, used with permission. P. 5: Palm Island’s clock tower; credit: Matt Kennedy, used with permission. P. 99: mothers with babies, circa 1940; credit: Doomadgee Mission Photograph Album, Queensland State Archives, item ID 337129, c.01/01/1940–31/12/1940. P. 135: Cameron Doomadgee’s son Eric at his father’s funeral holding his cross; credit: Andy Zakeli, courtesy of
The Sydney Morning Herald
. P. 191: Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley leaves the Townsville courthouse on June 15, 2007; credit: Darren Hilder, © Newspix/News Ltd/3rd Party Managed Reproduction & Supply Rights. Page 250: Cameron Doomadgee and his sister Valma in 1986; credit: © Newspix/News Ltd/3rd Party Managed Reproduction & Supply Rights.
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