'She deserves justice': families of murdered children say someone knows something With a $1 million reward in place, detectives are in the Nambucca Valley this week Newcastle Herald · Sep 14
Fresh river search for murdered Aboriginal teen's body Detectives investigating the murder of Aboriginal teenager Colleen Walker-Craig from Bowraville in 1990 have launched a two-day river search for her remains. AAP · Oct 24, 2025
Bowraville murders: police begin two-day river search for remains of Colleen Walker-Craig Sixteen-year-old was one of three Indigenous children killed over a five-month period in 1990 The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2025
Author of EPBC Act review ‘bitterly disappointed’ with Coalition’s stance – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2025
‘Now is the time’: NSW homicide detectives return to Bowraville almost 35 years after children murdered Police are searching for the remains of Colleen Walker-Craig, 16, who vanished in 1990 – the same year Evelyn Greenup, four, and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, were killed The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2024
Push for closure in cold case murders of three children A renewed appeal for information and police presence in a NSW town where three children were murdered decades ago is hoped to spark a cold case breakthrough. AAP · Oct 21, 2024
NSW police reject suggestion ‘racism is rife’ in force and say ‘lessons learned’ after Bowraville murders Police act ‘with respect’ to victims and people in custody, federal inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children hears The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2023
Former X Factor contestant charged with murder after death of nine-month-old baby Mitchell Callaway, 37, who appeared on the Australian version of the show, was pictured being led from a home in Bowraville, New South Wales on Thursday morning. Daily Record · Jun 8, 2023
Clocking off after 49 years as an officer Sergeant Maurice Towers is retiring after nearly half a century of service with NSW Police. The Ashtonfield resident, who was attested in Sydney in 1972, has spent 49 years serving the NSW community. As a fresh-faced 19-year-old, he started his career as a probationary constable stationed in Sydney. The police… Newcastle Herald · Apr 28, 2022
Bowraville victims' families left waiting The NSW government has left the family of the Bowraville murder victims waiting for more than a year for a response to a letter. AAP · Mar 16, 2022
Reward for Bowraville murders upped to $3m NSW Police has substantially increased the reward for information about the murders of three Aboriginal children in Bowraville to $3 million. AAP · Feb 11, 2022