How the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker exposed the heart of race relations in Australia, from Walkley Award-winning journalist Kate Wild.

The fatal conflict between Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe belongs to all Australians.

The fear and anger that left Kumanjayi dead and Rolfe charged with murder, lives in each of us. Until we resolve the unfinished business in our history, this story will keep returning.

The Red House draws on history to answer the question, How did we get here? This is not a book about a police shooting. It is the story of two young men who have been cast as martyrs by their supporters and scapegoats by their detractors because Australians do not want to own the truth of what Rolfe and Walker are – our inheritance.

The unfinished business of Australia’s history will not be resolved until we understand why the fatal shooting of a Warlpiri man by a White police officer is the personal story of every Australian, Black and White.