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Coronial Findings on the Deaths of Young People in the Kimberley Region
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet 6
Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP); Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia.
2019
Abstract
The Western Australian Coroner investigated the deaths of 13 Aboriginal children and young persons in the Kimberley Region together because there were similar circumstances that appeared to have contributed to the deaths. The Coroner adopted a longitudinal approach in determining causation for the deaths – that traced contributing events across the life courses of the young people. In her final report (2019), the Coroner (Rosalinda Fogliani) determined that 12 of the 13 deaths occurred by suicide, with one an open finding.
Details
- Title
- Coronial Findings on the Deaths of Young People in the Kimberley Region
- Authors/Creators
- Patricia Dudgeon - The University of Western AustraliaC. HollandRoz Walker - Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Publication Details
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet 6
- Publisher
- Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP); Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia.
- Identifiers
- 991005872935607891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Resource Type
- Other
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