Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY

REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF

GREGORY MICHAEL DUNROBIN

• GREGORY MICHAEL DUNROBIN
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PERSONAL HISTORY, BACKGROUND AND LIFESTYLE
    • 1.1 GROWING UP AT CHERBOURG
    • 1.2 FAMILY AND BACKGROUND
    • 1.3 A LONG HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE
  • EVENTS LEADING TO CUSTODY
    • 2.1 AT THE CHERBOURG HOSPITAL
    • 2.2 DUNROBIN DISCHARGES HIMSELF
    • 2.3 DUNROBIN SEEKS TO BE RE-ADMITTED
    • 2.4 NOT CLINICALLY ILL - DENIED ADMISSION
    • 2.5 THE POLICE ARE CALLED
  • EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN CUSTODY
    • 3.1 DUNROBIN IS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE WATCHHOUSE
    • 3.2 DUNROBIN IS LOCKED UP
    • 3.3 THE CHECK ON DUNROBIN
    • 3.4 THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY
  • THE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
    • 4.1 DETECTIVE SENIOR CONSTABLE GRAY'S INVESTIGATION
    • 4.2 INSPECTOR LYNAGH'S INVESTIGATION
    • 4.3 DEFICIENCIES IN LYNAGH'S INVESTIGATION
    • 4.4 THE ACTING REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
  • THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION
  • THE CORONIAL INQUIRY
  • UNDERLYING AND OTHER ISSUES
    • 1. THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
    • 2. ALCOHOL REHABILITATION AND DETOXIFICATION SERVICES
    • 3. WATCHHOUSE SURVEILLANCE
    • APPENDIX 1: PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE HEARING
      • TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING
      • APPEARANCES
      • WITNESSES AND EXHIBITS ETC
      • ONUS AND STANDARD OF PROOF
    • APPENDIX 2: LIST OF WITNESSES
    • APPENDIX 3: LIST OF EXHIBITS