52 pages, 21 unnumbered page of plates. : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 18 cm
regular print
Summary
'This book is unique as it is the first book in Australia to be written and published fully by Aboriginal and Islander people' (Inside Cover)'. In Under the Act, Willie Thaiday writes about his experience of being removed from Darnley Island (or Erub situated in the TorresStrait) to Palm Island (a Barrier Reef Island 65km north east of Townsville), which was used by the Queensland Government as a settlement for Aborginal and TorresStrait Islander people considered guilty of minor infractions such as been disruptive. He discusses the difficult relationship many Islander and Aboriginal people had with the government officials on Palm Island who controlled every aspect of their day to day lives
Notes
"This book is unique as it is the first book in Australia to be written and published fully by Aboriginal and Islander people."
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