Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO

ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY

REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF

THOMAS CARR

• THOMAS CARR
  • SYNOPSIS
    • GROWING UP UNDER SUPERVISION
    • TURBULENT YEARS
    • THOMAS'S HEART
    • THE TEMPTATION OF CARS
    • NEW YEAR'S EVE 1980
    • CONSTRUCTING A CRIMINAL
    • AN ANXIOUS DETAINEE
    • SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION
    • MEDICAL ISSUES
    • GENERAL FINDINGS AS TO DEATH
  • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THOMAS CARR
    • THE PREVIOUS GENERATION
    • KEEPING 'THE WELFARE' AT BAY
    • A CHANGE OF SUPERVISION
    • THOMAS'S CHILDHOOD
    • THOMAS'S HEART TROUBLE
    • A PASSION FOR CARS
    • IN YAWARRA AND MT PENANG TRAINING SCHOOLS
    • NEW YEARS EVE 1980
    • THOMAS COMES INTO CUSTODY
    • REFUSAL OF BAIL
    • ADMISSION TO MINDA
    • MINDA
    • ABORIGINAL DETAINEES AT MINDA
    • THOMAS AT MINDA
    • NIGHT SUPERVISION
    • THE NIGHT OF THOMAS'S DEATH
    • MEDICAL TREATMENT
    • SUBSEQUENT ACTION AT MINDA
    • POLICE INVESTIGATION
    • AUTOPSY
    • INQUEST
    • FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESPONSE THERETO
    • CAUSE OF DEATH
    • GENERAL FINDINGS AS TO DEATH
  • UNDERLYING ISSUES
    • PURPOSE OF THIS PART
    • HEART DISEASE AMONGST ABORIGINALS
    • PARENTAL CONTROL OF ABORIGINAL CHILDREN
    • EMPLOYMENT AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES
    • FAMILY SUPERVISION BY PROTECTION AND WELFARE AUTHORITIES
    • JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS
    • MULTIPLE CHARGES AGAINST JUVENILES
    • INVESTIGATION OF DEATH
    • INQUEST
    • CORONER'S RECOMMENDATIONS
    • AUTOPSY PROCEDURES
    • BURIAL OF ORGANS
    • SCHEDULE 1 - LIST OF WITNESSES CALLED
    • SCHEDULE 2 - LIST OF STATEMENTS/REPORTS TENDERED
    • SCHEDULE 3 - LIST OF EXHIBITS
    • THOMAS COMES INTO CUSTODY