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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Page 60
... dunes could see the tiny beach . Stand on that sheltered beach and you find yourself on a thin strip of weak and riddled limestone , which rises from the water's edge for a short distance before diving under the dry dunes . Still ...
... dunes could see the tiny beach . Stand on that sheltered beach and you find yourself on a thin strip of weak and riddled limestone , which rises from the water's edge for a short distance before diving under the dry dunes . Still ...
Page 242
... dunes and small trees , and were sheltered from the wind ; as Sandy One , Two , and Fanny had been . It was not so far from where they'd found Chatalong and Kathleen , and a beach walk west led to the town of Wirlup Haven where a jetty ...
... dunes and small trees , and were sheltered from the wind ; as Sandy One , Two , and Fanny had been . It was not so far from where they'd found Chatalong and Kathleen , and a beach walk west led to the town of Wirlup Haven where a jetty ...
Page 440
... dunes , and cooked the fish . ' No good trying to get out now with the ranger snooping , ' said my father . The small fire pulled us to it and , silent , we stared into the glowing embers of its heart . The impenetrable and spiky ...
... dunes , and cooked the fish . ' No good trying to get out now with the ranger snooping , ' said my father . The small fire pulled us to it and , silent , we stared into the glowing embers of its heart . The impenetrable and spiky ...
Common terms and phrases
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