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 132
... wife and Aboriginal domestic . He gave the policeman the benefit of his own , progressive ideas on the best means to uplift and elevate the natives and of the manner in which he intended to raise his own children . ' My wife ... ' he ...
... wife and Aboriginal domestic . He gave the policeman the benefit of his own , progressive ideas on the best means to uplift and elevate the natives and of the manner in which he intended to raise his own children . ' My wife ... ' he ...
Page 339
... wife and new servant , Kathleen Mason . He noted that Fanny and Harriette were working as domestic servants in the ... wife's people ? You know ? And see how fat he's got ? Yes , there's two men there , you know . Being kept . Living off ...
... wife and new servant , Kathleen Mason . He noted that Fanny and Harriette were working as domestic servants in the ... wife's people ? You know ? And see how fat he's got ? Yes , there's two men there , you know . Being kept . Living off ...
Page 473
... wife sat at the front of the small cart . His wife had been at the station for some months now , and needed relief , so he and his good wife intended going on to Frederickstown by steamer from Kylie Bay . Mustle noted that his ...
... wife sat at the front of the small cart . His wife had been at the station for some months now , and needed relief , so he and his good wife intended going on to Frederickstown by steamer from Kylie Bay . Mustle noted that his ...
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