The Tall Man single work   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Tall Man
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Chloe Hooper examines the background and circumstances surrounding the death of the Torres Strait Islander man, Cameron Doomadgee (Moordinyi), while in police custody.

Notes

  • Epigraph: They are and will always remain children, and therefore must be protected, even sometimes against their will. - Annual Report of the Northern Protector of Aboriginals for 1904.
  • This essay was written for the Monthly. Hooper's research into Cameron Doomadgee's death later resulted in the publication of her 2008 book, The Tall Man.

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Works about this Work

Good Reads Chris Graham , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , July vol. 8 no. 180 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of The Tall Man Chloe Hooper , 2006 single work essay
'Refugees from Wild Time' David Trigger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 9-10)

— Review of The Tall Man Chloe Hooper , 2006 single work essay
'Refugees from Wild Time' David Trigger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 9-10)

— Review of The Tall Man Chloe Hooper , 2006 single work essay
Good Reads Chris Graham , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , July vol. 8 no. 180 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of The Tall Man Chloe Hooper , 2006 single work essay
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