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Elijah Doughty

April 2018

  • memorial to Elijah Doughty

    Fear and harassment in Kalgoorlie: Indigenous youth report alarming alienation

    In the wake of Elijah Doughty’s death, 33% of young Aboriginal people in WA town say they would not go to the police in an emergency

March 2018

  • Protesters in Melbourne rally against the verdict handed to the man who killed Elijah Doughty

    Man who killed Indigenous teenager Elijah Doughty given parole

    Man, 56, who was convicted of dangerous driving causing death, served 19 months of three-year sentence

September 2017

  • Laura Murphy Oates reporting for 'Kids of Kalgoorlie' for The Feed on SBS Viceland.

    IndigenousX
    Reporting on racism as a light-skinned Koori

    Laura Murphy Oates
    Being a light-skinned Koori means journalist and IndigenousX host Laura Murphy-Oates hasn’t experienced the in-your-face racism that she regularly reports on, but it has led to some interesting situations

July 2017

  • Red ochre is smeared on the windows of the supreme court in Sydney as part of the nationwide demonstrations that followed the three-year sentence given to the man who ran over Elijah Doherty.

    Sentence for Elijah Doughty's killer sparks anger. Was justice served?

  • The patch of oil marking where the Nissan Navara came to rest, looking back across Gribble Creek Reserve toward Clancy Street and a tree that had been set up as a memorial to Elijah Doughty.

    The killing of Elijah Doughty: oil patch at crime scene fades but stain remains

  • Elijah Doughty.

    Elijah Doughty: man who ran over Indigenous teenager jailed for three years

  • Perina James, the mother of Elijah Doughty, outside the supreme court in Perth. A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case against the man accused of Elijah’s death.

    Elijah Doughty jury told: decide if man's driving was 'crime against the state'

  • Driver accused of running over Elijah Doughty 'had house burned down days after crash'

  • Driver chasing Kalgoorlie teenager Elijah Doughty 'wasn’t trying to run him over'

  • Indigenous people keen to be trained in filming interactions with police

May 2017

  • A memorial at the Gribble Creek Reserve near where where 14-year-old Elijah Doughty died.

    Man accused of running down Kalgoorlie teen to face trial in Perth

    Fourteen-year-old Elijah Doughty was riding a stolen motorcycle when he was allegedly chased by a ute

February 2017

  • A memorial for Elijah Doughty, who died when he was allegedly run down in Western Australia’s Goldfields region

    Elijah Doughty's alleged killer wants trial heard in home town

    The man allegedly ran down the 14-year-old in his ute as the Indigenous teenager teen rode a stolen motorcycle

December 2016

  • A memorial in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia, where 14-year-old Elijah Doughty died.

    Man accused of killing 14-year-old Elijah Doughty pleads not guilty

    Kalgoorlie man, 55, appears in court in Perth accused of running teenager down with his ute

October 2016

  • Kalgoorlie school

    Bill Leak cartoon on Indigenous parents reflects situation in WA, says police chief

  • A memorial at the Gribble Creek Reserve near Clancy Street in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia, where 14-year-old Elijah Doughty was killed.

    Elijah Doughty relative kills herself at site of 14-year-old's death in Kalgoorlie

September 2016

  • Elijah Doughty,

    Elijah Doughty funeral: hundreds of mourners farewell Kalgoorlie teenager

    The mother of the 14-year-old boy, who was killed after being allegedly run down by a ute, was granted leave from jail to attend funeral
  • A memorial to 14-year-old Elijah Doughty in Gribble Creek reserve, Kalgoorlie-Boulder

    Kalgoorlie tensions flare as house of man accused of killing Elijah Doughty burns down

    Firefighters called to rented home are unable to extinguish blaze, which police say the arson squad will investigate
  • Classmates of Elijah Doughty visit his memorial at the Gribble Creek Reserve in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

    'Tell the world we want justice.' Elijah Doughty's death exposes Kalgoorlie's racial faultline

    The death of a 14-year-old Indigenous boy, allegedly struck by a ute while riding a motorbike, was followed by a riot in a Western Australia town. Calla Wahlquist speaks to his family and finds the community nervous and divided

August 2016

  • Elijah Doughty

    Elijah Doughty death: accused appears in Perth court via video link

    Strong police presence for hearing but no protesters show up in wake of Tuesday’s riot outside Kalgoorlie courthouse
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