New book details how 19-year-old Aboriginal man’s death exposed police racism in Northern Territory

New book details how 19-year-old Aboriginal man’s death exposed police racism in Northern Territory

Simmering racial tensions, a botched arrest on Aboriginal land and a fatal police shooting of a First Nations teenager. In 2019 then police officer Zachary Rolfe shot and killed 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker in the remote community of Yuendumu, sparking national protests. Mr Rolfe was found not guilty of murder in a Supreme Court trial. New book The Red House explores the tragic shooting, the murder trial and a protracted coronial inquest that exposed racism in the Northern Territory Police Force. Walkley Award-winning author Kate Wild speaks about the moment that brought Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe together and how it changed the nation.


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Uploaded: 2025-09-15

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