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Colonial Australia was surprisingly concerned about Aboriginal deaths in custody

  • Written by Kristyn Harman, Senior Lecturer in History; Graduate Research Coordinator, School of Humanities; Course Coordinator, Diploma of History, University of Tasmania
Colonial Australia was surprisingly concerned about Aboriginal deaths in custodyOf 19 Aboriginal men transported to Cockatoo Island, Sydney between 1845 and 1850, 12 died in custody. Shutterstock

When the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’s report was tabled in 1991, it was not the first official inquiry into this tragic phenomenon. The disproportionately high rate of mortality among Aboriginal convicts...

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