Walking the line between law, lore and the Dreamtime in Victoria's court of death

But Yuin man Troy Williamson is working to turn that around, as the first Aboriginal family engagement coordinator to a coronial court in Australia.

For many Aboriginal families in Victoria confronted with a sudden loss, Mr Williamson is among the first people to reach out to them. He also works to ensure the process of an autopsy is as culturally safe as possible, with the gender of the pathologist and the goal of returning the body to country for sorry business front of mind.

But he speaks highly of the recent experience he had inside the Coroners Court as Mr Williamson supported his family after the loss of a sibling.WatchKutcha Edwards explains the gulf between Aboriginal and white Australian understandings of a person's passing."We lost, and I hope my family understands that I speak about our lost family members with the utmost respect, but we lost a brother last November," Edwards says.

"And just let him know to go and be with our mother and our father and his brothers and his sisters and don't be frightened of that." The death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day in police custody was one of the most significant cases to come before the coroner in recent years and ended in a referral to prosecutors of possible charges — charges which Victoria Police later announced it would not pursue on the advice of the Office of Public Prosecutions.

"It was all good and well to get through the coronial process but we understand that everything that's come out of that are recommendations," Belinda Day says.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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