Death in a Dry River: Black Life, White Property, Parched Justice

This essay deals with the sentence handed down in April 2010 on the death of the 33 year-old Kumantaye Ryder in the dry creek bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs, Central Australia. The riverbed, we argue, is a racially marked and politically charged location that plays an historical and continui...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perera, Suvendrini
Format: Journal Article
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12148