Tjandamurra O'Shane

Tjandamurra O'Shane (born 1992) is an Australian Aborigine who was a victim of a vicious racial attack at the age of six. O'Shane was burned on 70 percent of his body while playing at a school in Cairns, Queensland.

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1992 - Australian Aborigine - Racial attack - Cairns, Queensland

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O'Shane was critically injured by the gasoline attack, and he had to spend a long period recuperating at a Brisbane hospital. The attack received publicity around the world and was one of a number of attacks that brought awareness about racism against Aboriginal people in Australia.

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Gasoline - Brisbane - Racism - Australia

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Paul Wade Streeton was arrested and later convicted for the attack.

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