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[[File:Bowraville.jpg|thumb|Bowraville, New South Wales]]
The '''Bowraville murders''' is the name given to three deaths that occurred over five months from September 1990 to February 1991 in [[Bowraville, New South Wales]], Australia. All three victims were [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]], and all disappeared after parties in Bowraville's Aboriginal community, in an area known as The Mission.<ref name="aus_story">[http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1733527.htm Australian Story – Truth be Told – Transcript] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701073359/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1733527.htm |date=1 July 2016 }}, 2006-09-04, abc.net.au</ref><ref name="lone_cop">[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/07/1075854109819.html?from=storyrhs Lone cop to tell inquest name of killer suspect], By Alex Mitchell, 2004-02-08, The Sun-Herald</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?https%3A%2F%2Ffly.jiuhuashan.beauty%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Frn%2Ftalks%2Fbbing%2Fstories%2Fs10587.htm |title=ABC Radio National – Background Briefing: 20 July 1997 – The Ghosts Of Bowraville |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001011/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?https%3A%2F%2Ffly.jiuhuashan.beauty%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Frn%2Ftalks%2Fbbing%2Fstories%2Fs10587.htm |archive-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A local labourer, who was regarded by police as the [[prime suspect]], was charged with two of the murders but was [[acquittal|acquitted]] following trials in 1994 and 2006.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bowraville/id1114426136|title=Bowraville on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-au|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/jay-thomas-hart-new-name-new-town-but-still-living-under-a-shadow/news-story/17cfe631245e9d15f04c60ea05d4dcbd|title=Still living under a shadow|date=2013-03-07|website=NewsComAu|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> On 13 September 2018, the [[New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal]] decided that the man could not be retried for the murders. On 22 March 2019, the [[High Court of Australia]] refused an application by the [[Attorney General of New South Wales]] to bring an appeal against that decision.
==Victims==
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In 2016, the detective inspector leading the investigation made a submission to the NSW Attorney General calling for a [[retrial]] based on new evidence.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bowraville murders:New evidence to be used in application to retry suspect|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-13/bowraville-murders-police-say-they-have-new-evidence/7411122|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia|date=13 May 2016|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> In the same month, the suspect said that he was not necessarily opposed to a retrial.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bowraville murders: Prime suspect open to retrial 'to clear name'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-19/jay-hart-key-suspect-in-bowraville-murders-case-open-to-retrial/7430150|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia|date=19 May 2016|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> In May there was a protest march by the families of the victims and their supporters calling for legislative change to the [[Parliament of New South Wales|NSW Parliament]] building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/05/bowraville-murders-victims-families-refuse-to-give-up-fight-for-justice|title=Bowraville murders: victims' families refuse to give up fight for justice|date=2016-05-05|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Wahlquist|first=Calla|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/23/australias-serial-dan-box-on-the-making-of-true-podcast-bowraville|title=Australia's Serial: Dan Box on the making of true crime podcast Bowraville|date=2016-05-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-19|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
On 9 February 2017, police laid a murder charge against the suspect, and the NSW Attorney General applied to the Court of Criminal Appeal for a retrial.<ref>{{Cite
On 22 March 2019, the [[High Court of Australia]] refused an application by the Attorney General for [[High Court of Australia#Appellate jurisdiction|special leave to appeal]] against the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal, concluding that there was no reason to doubt the correctness of that decision.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bowraville murder case set back as NSW Government loses bid to have man face trial|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-22/bowraville-murders-case-suffers-high-court-setback/10928478 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia|date=22 March 2019|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> The campaign for a retrial continues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/we-want-answers-protesters-demand-justice-for-bowraville-murders|title='We want answers': Protesters demand justice for Bowraville murders|website=SBS News|language=en|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honisoit.com/2019/09/families-of-bowraville-murder-victims-demand-justice-now/|title=Families of Bowraville murder victims demand justice now|date=2019-09-29|website=Honi Soit|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
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