My PlaceIn 1982 Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started out as a tentative search for information about her family, turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage. My Placebeings with the experiences of Sally's own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds. It is a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn, finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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Page 227
... Albert was older than me and they started educatin ' him early . Mrs McGregor , Archie's wife , was the teacher . She trained Albert to write on a slate with chalk . He had to speak English and learn the white man's ways and table ...
... Albert was older than me and they started educatin ' him early . Mrs McGregor , Archie's wife , was the teacher . She trained Albert to write on a slate with chalk . He had to speak English and learn the white man's ways and table ...
Page 237
... Albert behind . After I left , he had no one to protect him and he got sick again . They sent him to hospital . Then Howden came down and took him back to Corunna Downs . Dudley was dead by then . As far as I know , Albert worked there ...
... Albert behind . After I left , he had no one to protect him and he got sick again . They sent him to hospital . Then Howden came down and took him back to Corunna Downs . Dudley was dead by then . As far as I know , Albert worked there ...
Page 293
... Albert's wife . Aunty told us that she'd been many years younger than Albert when they'd married . There were four children , Brian , William , Claude and Margaret . Aunty was , in fact , roughly the same age as Mum , so they had a lot ...
... Albert's wife . Aunty told us that she'd been many years younger than Albert when they'd married . There were four children , Brian , William , Claude and Margaret . Aunty was , in fact , roughly the same age as Mum , so they had a lot ...
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