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The Shameful Isles

The Shameful Isles

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In 1907, the Western Australian government began a program of forcibly removing supposedly ill Aboriginal people to purpose-built lock hospitals on Bernier and Dorre Islands, off the coast of Carnarvon.
There, they were trapped against their will and exposed to experimental drugs and procedures. Many never returned and are buried in unmarked graves in the sandhills of Bernier and Dorre.
Comprised of meticulous research and contemporaneous accounts of patient-prisoners, politicians, stockmen, nurses, policemen and journalists, The Shameful Isles reveals one of Western Australia's most tragic acts of state-sponsored oppression from which First Nations peoples are still recovering.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2025-09-02
Publication Date:
2025-09-02
Publisher:
Fremantle Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1760994170
ISBN13:
9781760994174
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
438 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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