While this was a remarkable event in many ways, notable for its scale, diversity and unprompted display of public grief, it was also a thoroughly depoliticised occasion, rendering ineffective any claim to genuinely challenge violence against women.
It was a peace march with little reference, except in the most abstract sense, to the nature of the war it was opposing. If violence against women is about power and domination and structural gender inequalities, then media representations of this recent murder have done a good job of disguising this fact. In a determined but understandable effort to avoid victim blaming, the social context of such crimes have been sadly overlooked. Some felt that if it could happen to someone like Jill Meagher, then it could happen to them or to their daughters.
Much discussion focussed on Melbourne being a very safe city for women. Yet, Victorian police statistics show a steady annual increase in reported rapes in recent years, including an Miss Meagher, 29, moved with her husband from her home in County Louth, Ireland, three years ago and started a job as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Melbourne. Accused: A Facebook picture of Adrian Bayley.
He allegedly took police to the place where her body was found in a shallow grave. Adrian Bayley, 41, pictured just after Australian homicide detectives charged him with the rape and murder of Jill Meagher in September. He also faces three charges of rape unrelated to Mrs Meagher.
She never arrived and after intensive police work Bayley was arrested and allegedly took police to the place where her body was found in a shallow grave some 35 miles from Melbourne.
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She was wearing the same black dress she wore later that evening, pulling on a coat against the 15 degree cool of the early evening. By 1am last Saturday morning, as the Brunswick Green was preparing to close, people spilled out through the glass doorway and a barman made sure no new customers came through.
It was just before closing time that Jill Meagher and one of the friends she had spent the evening with left the premises to walk to a nearby bar. A bakery and kebab shop is still open, serving young people clearly drunk and still enjoying their evening. The atmosphere is convivial. She would leave the Etiquette Bar at 1. At the same time last Saturday morning, the short walk seems a reasonable prospect.
On that night in , Adrian Bayley was still stinging from an argument and then a snub by his girlfriend. But when they argued about his possessiveness and jealousy, she went off to the toilet and slipped out, taking off in a taxi. At This time he went to Sydney Road, Brunswick, known for its throngs of young people in the early hours after Friday night drinks. We know now that her killer should never have been on the streets. He had a violent criminal history. We, as a country, witnessed her final conversation in footage that has since been replayed by millions.
Jill Meagher was raped and murdered in the early hours of 22 September, Image: Getty. It was the case that shocked Australians. One that saw 30, Melburnians march the streets in her honour, demanding more be done to keep women and girls safe in their city. Some were killed by husbands, partners or ex-boyfriends. Others were killed by complete strangers, like Jill. A small minority were killed by women.
Preethi Reddy. Stephanie Scott. Nikita Chawla. Aiia Maasarwe. Eurydice Dixon. Hannah Clarke. But we only really hear about the stories that are so shocking and brazen they demand media attention; when someone is killed by a stranger, or in a public place, or in the most brutal of ways. For every name we remember, there's a hundred more we don't.
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