ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Decades after losing their brother, the Boney family are still waiting for change | ABC News” – below is their description.
In 1987, the death of 28-year-old Lloyd Boney led to a royal commission, but since the inquiry’s final report in 1991, an estimated 450 Indigenous people have died in custody.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous peoples of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped with them as Indigenous Australians. Today there are many more Torres Strait Islander people living in mainland Australia (nearly 28,000) than on the Islands (about 4,500).
There are five distinct peoples within broader designation of Torres Strait Islander people, based partly on geographical and cultural divisions. There are two main Indigenous language groups, Kalaw Lagaw Ya and Meriam Mir, and Torres Strait Creole is also widely spoken, as a language of trade and commerce. The core of Island culture is Papuo-Austronesian, and the people traditionally a seafaring nation. There is a strong artistic culture, particularly in sculpture, printmaking and mask-making.