Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda

Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda or Tuckiar (c. 1900 – c. 1934) was a Yolngu man and a leader of the Dhudi-Djapu clan from the Blue Mud Bay region in the Northern Territory of Australia. In 1934 he was charged with the murder of Albert McColl, a police constable, at Woodah Island (Guwanŋarripa) and was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. His sentence was later quashed by the High Court of Australia in the case known as Tuckiar v The King, which found this to be a serious miscarriage of justice. Wirrpanda then disappeared within days of his release and foul play is suspected.

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