Palm Island tote Photo: Dr Rachel Paltridge

Photo: Dr Rachel Paltridge

He is passionate about the revival of Gudjal language and hopes to see it spoken again

230mm x 155mm x 25mm

There are few stories concerning non-Aboriginal people who crossed over into the Aboriginal world as did Alick Jackomos

while he looked after his children

Palm Island tote Photo: Dr Rachel PaltridgeIn November 2004, Mulrunji Doomadgee's tragic death triggered civil unrest within the Indigenous community of Palm Island. This led to the first prosecution of a Queensland police officer in relation to a death in custody. Despite prolonged media attention, much of it negative and full of stereotypes, few Australians know the turbulent history of 'Australia's Alcatraz', a political prison set up to exile Queensland's 'troublesome blacks'. In Palm