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 98
... talk about this . Or rather , as long a talk as was possible , given the pressures of time , and impending retirement . There were many and various pressures . The policeman protector the Local Protector of Aborigines - motives . But ...
... talk about this . Or rather , as long a talk as was possible , given the pressures of time , and impending retirement . There were many and various pressures . The policeman protector the Local Protector of Aborigines - motives . But ...
Page 220
... talk , he was happy to talk , and he talked as he warmed in their arms . Their names , his sister's and his , were Kathleen ( my sister ) and Jack , Jack Chatalong . Chatalong you see , because of talking so much . I talk a lot . I don ...
... talk , he was happy to talk , and he talked as he warmed in their arms . Their names , his sister's and his , were Kathleen ( my sister ) and Jack , Jack Chatalong . Chatalong you see , because of talking so much . I talk a lot . I don ...
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... talk about of an evening . It was the old man mostly , with Fanny filling the gaps , adding body to the yarns . She ... talking to herself , and it was not that she was sad , because she laughed so much so often , and used to say that ...
... talk about of an evening . It was the old man mostly , with Fanny filling the gaps , adding body to the yarns . She ... talking to herself , and it was not that she was sad , because she laughed so much so often , and used to say that ...
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