Benang: From the HeartOceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament--of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing, and of powerful utterance. Both tentative and daring, it speaks to the present and a possible future through stories, dreams, rhythms, songs, images and documents mobilized from the incompletely acknowledged and still dynamic past. |
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... aunty . Their aunty's looking after them . ' Constable Hall told himself that he'd get back to that matter very soon . They couldn't do that , just move their children wherever they liked . Legally they were wards of the state , and ...
... aunty . Their aunty's looking after them . ' Constable Hall told himself that he'd get back to that matter very soon . They couldn't do that , just move their children wherever they liked . Legally they were wards of the state , and ...
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From the Heart Kim Scott. aunty kate My grandfather was very generous to Aunty Kate . There were a number of children there , and it was a rarity for a white father to contribute money to her home , as Ern did . And he contributed more ...
From the Heart Kim Scott. aunty kate My grandfather was very generous to Aunty Kate . There were a number of children there , and it was a rarity for a white father to contribute money to her home , as Ern did . And he contributed more ...
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... Aunty Kate's , or some boarding school . At one of these boarding schools there was an orphanage for black kids . They were kept apart . Tommy was always looking away . Why was he not with them , as he was at Aunty Kate's ? Because of ...
... Aunty Kate's , or some boarding school . At one of these boarding schools there was an orphanage for black kids . They were kept apart . Tommy was always looking away . Why was he not with them , as he was at Aunty Kate's ? Because of ...
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Aborigines arms Auber Aunty Australian Natives Association beach Benang bird boat camp campfire Chief Protector child Constable Hall Daniel Coolman dark Dinah Dubitj Creek dunes Ern's eyes face Fanny father feet felt fire Frederickstown Gebalup girl Grandad grandfather grandfather's grinning half-caste hands Harriette head heard held hessian horse Jack Chatalong Kathleen kids Kim Scott knew Kylie Bay land laughed listened looked mallee Mason Mogumber mother moved Mustle natives Neville Nyoongar Nyungar once paperbarks perhaps police policeman Protector of Aborigines quadroon railway rainwater tank remember sand seemed Sergeant Hall shoulder sister skin smile someone Starr stay talk teamsters thin things thought told Tommy took Topsy town trees turned Uncle Jack voice wagon walked wanted watched wife wind Wirlup Haven woman women words Yeah