Enforcing assimilation, dismantling Aboriginal families: a history of police violence in Australia
- Written by Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
This sketch depicts the Waterloo Creek massacre (also known as the Slaughterhouse Creek massacre), part of the conflict between mounted police and Indigenous Australians in 1838.Godfrey Charles Mundy/National Library of AustraliaReaders are advised the following article contains descriptions of violence that may be traumatic.
In July 2018, Western...