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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.

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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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y The Best Australian Essays 2006 Drusilla Modjeska (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2006 Z1325839 2006 anthology essay Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2006
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y The Monthly March 2006 Z1341425 2006 periodical issue 2006
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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

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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