Rottnest Island as Black Prison and White Playground: A case study of the problems and prospects for Reconciliation in Australia

许多澳大利亚人致力于和解。该项目试图在这一承诺的基础上再接再厉，找出为什么为1931年以前在罗特内斯特岛监狱中死亡的数百名土著人和男孩建立适当纪念活动的努力迄今没有成功。该项目将揭示推进和解事业的新途径，并将以纪录片的形式提请公众注意。罗特内斯特岛可能继续成为分裂和耻辱的根源，但它也有可能成为民族自豪感的源泉。

Many Australians are committed to Reconciliation. This project seeks to build on this commitment by finding out why the attempts to establish appropriate commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Aboriginal and boys in the Rottnest Island Prison up to 1931 have so far been unsuccessful. The project will uncover new ways to advance the cause of Reconciliation and will bring these to public attention in the form of a documentary film. Rottnest Island could continue to be a source of division and shame but it also has the potential to be unlocked as a source of national pride.