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Bowraville
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Dan Box
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By:
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Dan Box
About this listen
A true crime story cannot often be believed, at least at the beginning. In Bowraville, all three of the victims were Aboriginal. All three were killed within five months, between 1990 and 1991. The same white man was linked to each, but nobody was convicted.
More than two decades later, homicide detective Gary Jubelin contacted Dan Box, asking him to pursue this serial killing. At that time, few others in the justice system seemed to know - or care - about the murders in Bowraville. Dan spoke to the families of the victims, Colleen Walker-Craig, Evelyn Greenup and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, as well as the lawyers, police officers and even the suspect involved in what had happened. His investigation, as well as the families' own determined campaigning, forced the authorities to reconsider the killings. This account asks painful questions about what 'justice' means and how it is delivered, as well as describing Dan's own shifting, uncomfortable realisation that he was a reporter who crossed the line.
WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIME.
Critic Reviews
"It is a gripping true crime tale and an essay on racism; a challenge to the lies Australia tells itself about its treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people told through the voices of three Aboriginal families who have been indisputably let down. The podcast has galvanised the public in a way that two decades of print and television reporting on the Bowraville murders have not." (The Guardian)
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- Anonymous User
- 16-06-2020
Great Listen
true crime never gets truer than a tragedy that has no ending. Bowraville will keep you gripped until the end.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-02-2020
Every Australian Needs to Listen
What a confrontational read. Every real Australian needs to listen to this story. Heartbreaking reality.
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- Mandy
- 05-01-2021
Fantastic
Fantastic book, very raw and saddening but a story that shows the bravery and strength to never give up.
The understanding and respect between different cultures - i have no words this book opened my eyes culturally and I'm horrified that even today we have racism.
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- Belinda
- 15-12-2019
Interesting account
I liked hearing the true story, the frustrations and challenges along the way. Sad indictment of how indigenous people are treated so differently with rights and respect. I appreciated gaining more insight into their ways of interpreting and conveying their experience.
Dan’s narrative was well written but a little monotone for my liking.
Overall though worth listening to.
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- Nancy Weatherford
- 11-06-2020
Glad it was written!
I'm no stranger to the challenges of Australia's Indigenous communities. This story highlights just some of them. Whilst the story was easy to follow, I often felt more appalled than the reader sounded....perhaps that was his accent. All in all, Australia needs to know abut Bowraville and the injustices occurring in our legal systems.
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- M
- 08-07-2024
important and interesting read
really interesting and tragic. so many lives ruined & to know no justice. very well written and read.
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- Lauren Lee
- 18-09-2019
Thank you Dan Box
Thank you for all your time, effort and patience writing this book. You have documented an important part of Australian history and I hope that by doing this those 3 young lives are never forgotten.
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- Sally
- 31-08-2019
Why listening matters
The more people who listen to this, the better.
And one of those books where audio is more powerful than print - a profound (and in this case importantly symbolic) reminder of how and why human voice matters and why the act of listening makes such a difference.
It’s not often that my first instinct on finishing a book is to thank the author as deeply as I want to thank Dan Box -and all involved.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-2020
Too long
This needed a good edit. what started as really promising was really dragging at the end.
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- Pru
- 21-11-2021
respectable
Bowraville is the true story of 3 children - 16 year old Colleen Walker and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, and 4 year old Evelyn Greenup. The bodies of Evelyn and Clinton were found but Colleen still remain missing. All 3 went missing after parties and a local man was charged but acquitted. This happened in 1990-1991 so how are these murders still unsolved? Is it because the children are Aboriginal and the prime suspect white? Was it the malpractice of the police in the area? Is it a combination of both?
It's always hard to review non-fiction. It's an absolutely horrible story but Dan Box does it respectfully to all involved. It isbt dry like a textbook but has all the facts. Definitely one for the true crime lovers.
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