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24 Apr 2010

Racist violence and genocide in Australia — sources of information

http://slackbastard.blogspot.com/2006/01/racist-attacks-on-australia-day.html -- "Aboriginal children in Rockhampton, Queensland have been shot in an alleged racially-motivated assault on Australia Day according to The Australian and The Advertiser. The first attack was reported the day after Australia Day, while a second assault was only revealed to have occurred days later when the child concerned reported to hospital after having heard of the first attack."

http://www.kooriweb.org/gst/genocide/tatz.html -- Genocide in Australia -- Professor Colin Tatz  -- AIATSIS Research Discussion Papers No 8

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ILB/1997/72.html -- McGlade, Hannah --- "Reviewing Racism: HREOC and the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) " [1997] IndigLawB 72; (1997) 4(4) Indigenous Law Bulletin 12

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/sep1999/geno-s07.shtml  -- Report details crimes against Aborigines

http://www.treatyrepublic.net/content/un-accuses-australia-entrenched-racism-towards-aborigines  -- UN accuses Australia of 'entrenched racism' towards Aborigines

http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/aborigines    -- Today they still face racist attitudes, and there are periodic incidents of violence towards them, particularly affecting those in police custody. Their generally poor living conditions mean that Aborigines have a far higher infant mortality rate and suicide rate and a lower life expectancy than the rest of the population, and they make up a disproportionate section of the prison population.

 http://aboriginalrights.suite101.com/article.cfm/aboriginal_deaths_in_custody --  "Aboriginal Deaths in Custody In Australia are higher than those of South Africa at the peak of Apartheid."