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On Christmas Day 1957, Joe Trevorrow walked through the blistering heat to seek help for his sick baby boy. When relatives agreed to take Bruce to the hospital, Joe was relieved—his son was in safe hands—but, within days, Bruce would be living with another family, and Joe would never see his son again. At the age of ten, Bruce was returned to his Indigenous family, sparking a life-long search for an identity that could never truly be known and a court case that made history.

About the Author

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Dr Antonio Buti is a member of the Western Australian Parliament, Honorary Fellow at the Law School at the University of Western Australia and Adjunct Professor at the Law School of Murdoch University. He was educated at the University of Western Australia, Australian National University, Oxford University, and Yale Law School. He has written extensively on a wide range of issues and his biography of Sir Ronald Wilson, A Matter of Conscience, won the 2007 Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for non-fiction and the Premier’s Prize.