Product Details
ISBN: 9780241015377
Category: True Crime
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2008-06-30
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Illustrations: illustrations
Country of origin: Australia
Pages: 288
Dimensions (mm): 230mm
Weight: 380g
The Tall Man: Death And Life On Palm Island
In 2004 Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old resident of Palm Island, was arrested for swearing at a white police officer. Within 45 minutes he was dead. The main suspect was well respected Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley. This is the story of what happened, the trial, and the Aboriginal myths around the case.