The burning issue of deaths in custody - Aboriginal people die 5 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:39amPHOTO: Roebourne Prison inmates - for crimes like ‘absconding’ from ‘blackbirding’ - slavery. Those who resisted strongly were sent to Wadjemup (Rottnest Island) and Fremantle Prison - most never to return. The word they used for policeman was “Marndamarangga” and means “chainhand” and is still used today. (Photo: Battye Library, WA)