The Red House

Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe: An Australian reckoning

By: Kate Wild

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Paperback | 26 August 2025

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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.

About the Author

Kate Wild is an investigative journalist whose work with distinguished teams at the ABC has been recognised with three Walkley Awards and a Logie. Her reports from Darwin, where she lived from 2010 to 2016, laid the groundwork for a Four Corners story on juvenile detention that prompted the calling of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. Her first book, Waiting for Elijah, was published in 2018.

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