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 44
... railway which stitched its brief way from Wirlup Haven to Gebalup , at which point it promptly stopped , as if it was a small scar in the earth . To the west , still days away by horse , a vast railway network reached , and wheat fields ...
... railway which stitched its brief way from Wirlup Haven to Gebalup , at which point it promptly stopped , as if it was a small scar in the earth . To the west , still days away by horse , a vast railway network reached , and wheat fields ...
Page 51
... railway connected - Yes ! Not just future farmland , either . But first he needed money , and to continue accumulating it . The railway , he could see , would have to detour around the northern side of the ranges where there was enough ...
... railway connected - Yes ! Not just future farmland , either . But first he needed money , and to continue accumulating it . The railway , he could see , would have to detour around the northern side of the ranges where there was enough ...
Page 117
... railway reaches this far ! The rainfall is sufficient , there is land here . He dreamt of railway lines retracting as he pursued them , leaving him stranded just beyond their reach . Even with such dreams Ern kept to his plans , still ...
... railway reaches this far ! The rainfall is sufficient , there is land here . He dreamt of railway lines retracting as he pursued them , leaving him stranded just beyond their reach . Even with such dreams Ern kept to his plans , still ...
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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