Title Saltwater / Cathy McLennan

Published St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2016 ©2016

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	364.349915 Mclenn Mcl/Sal		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	364.349915 Mclenn Mcl/Sal		AVAILABLE
WATERFT	364.349915 Mclenn Mcl/Sal		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL	364.349915 Mclenn Mcl/Sal		AVAILABLE

Description 315 pages : portraits ; 23 cm regular print Summary When Cathy McLennan first steps into Townsville's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as a young graduate she isn't expecting a major murder case to land on her desk. The accused are four teenage boys whose family connections stretch across the water to Palm Island. As she battles to prove herself in the courtroom, Cathy realises that the truth is far more complex than she first thought. She starts to question who are the criminals and who are the victims. Saltwater tells the compelling story of one lawyer's fight for justice amongst the beauty and the violence of this tropical paradise Analysis Australian Notes Winner of the Queensland Literary Awards Subject McLennan, Cathy Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Great Palm Island (Qld.) Aboriginal Australians. Indigenous studies collection Lawyers -- Australia -- Queensland. Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Great Palm Island (Qld.) Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Queensland -- Palm Island Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Queensland -- Palm Island Practice of law -- Australia -- Queensland. ISBN 9780702253836

Other Titles An epic fight for justice in the tropics

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