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Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - QLD

In the late 1980s, Paul Memmott was working in Queensland and making a contribution to the RCADIC's work led by Commissioner Wyvill. Memmott prepared three research papers, which amongst other subjects, analysed self-injury, alcohol-related violence, suicide and longitundinal violence in Queenland Indigenous communities. He was assisted in this task by an Indigenous Working Group in the Qld Commission led by Belza Lowah. In 1990, Memmott was employed to prepare draft materials on contemporary Aboriginal cultures, social problems, identity and statistics in Qld.

    Aims: 
  • prepare three research papers, which amongst other subjects, analysed self-injury, alcohol-related violence, suicide and longitundinal violence in Queenland Indigenous communities
    Status: 
  • Complete
    Date: 
  • 1989 to 1991
Project Contacts
    Project Team: 
  • Belza Lowah
    Publications: 
  • Memmott, P. (1991) Queensland Aboriginal Cultures and the Deaths in Custody Victims. In Wyvell, L. (Commissioner) Appendix 2: Regional Report of Inquiry in Queensland: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Canberra: AGPS, pp. 171-289.
  • "Aboriginal Identity Systems in Queensland." [Chapter for the Queensland Regional Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.] 1990
  • "Aboriginal Culture, Social Problems and the Deaths in Custody Victims." [Chapter for the Queensland Regional Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.] 1990