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'The main hall of Bwgcolman primary school was full of Palm Islanders but it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The evening of 5 September was the first time Beautiful One Day - a play based on the true story of island resident Cameron Doomadgee and his 2004 death in police custody - had come to the place that inspired it...'
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The Tall Man : Death and Life on Palm Island
Camberwell
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Hamish Hamilton
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2008
Z1483259
2008
single work
prose
(taught in 11 units)
In November 2004, in the small township of Palm Island in the far north of Queensland, Detective Hurley arrested Cameron Doomadgee for swearing at him. Doomadgee was drunk. A few hours later he died in a watch-house cell. According to the inquest, his liver was so badly damaged it was almost severed. (Source: Trove)
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http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/22/palm-islanders-watch-in-silence-as-cameron-doomadgees-story-unfolds-on-stage?CMP=ema_632
Palm Islanders Watch in Silence as Cameron Doomadgee's Story Unfolds on Stage
The Guardian Australia
The Guardian Australia
