{"product_id":"palm-island-through-a-long-lens-9780855757038","title":"Palm Island Through a Long Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joanne Watson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Aboriginal Studies Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 Island, Joanne Watson gives the first substantial history of the island from pre-contact to the present, set against a background of some of the most explosive episodes in Queensland history. The repressive regimes were under the guise of protectionism. But police control continues, and there is a continuing failure to address the causes of ongoing Indigenous disadvantage. Palm Island, often heart-wrenching and at times uplifting, is a study in the dynamics of power and privilege, and how it is resisted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aboriginal Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891501056151,"sku":"9780855757038","price":3080.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780855757038.webp?v=1781183921","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/palm-island-through-a-long-lens-9780855757038","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}