When the Pelican LaughedLife history of Alice Nannup; domestic service; removal of children; discrimination; Moore River Native Settlement; Geraldton Reserve. |
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Page 94
... go back and pick them all up . But this time I went on the other side , and I kept looking to see if he was coming after me . He was only a docile old thing , you know . But still , a snake's a snake , docile or not , I say . Another of ...
... go back and pick them all up . But this time I went on the other side , and I kept looking to see if he was coming after me . He was only a docile old thing , you know . But still , a snake's a snake , docile or not , I say . Another of ...
Page 122
... went back to Mrs Mulvale's place to get ready to go to the farm . The Neville girls , Anne and Cynthia , really liked me and didn't want me to go . But Mr Neville got Ruby to come and work there , and sent me back to Wyalkatchem . When ...
... went back to Mrs Mulvale's place to get ready to go to the farm . The Neville girls , Anne and Cynthia , really liked me and didn't want me to go . But Mr Neville got Ruby to come and work there , and sent me back to Wyalkatchem . When ...
Page 131
... come and take the other kids out . At dinnertime they'd go to have their lunch somewhere , and I'd have to go somewhere else to have mine . I used to go down to Boans tearooms a lot and back to Mrs Mulvale's in the evenings . That was ...
... come and take the other kids out . At dinnertime they'd go to have their lunch somewhere , and I'd have to go somewhere else to have mine . I used to go down to Boans tearooms a lot and back to Mrs Mulvale's in the evenings . That was ...
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Aboriginal Abydos Alabama Kid Alice Nannup Anyway asked Aunty Jean Aunty Minnie baby beautiful bloke Boan boys called camp Campbell Cashmore Cashmore's coming cook couple dance Darkan daughter Doris dormitory Dorothy emu oil everything farm father fella finished Geraldton girls go back goanna gone happened heard horse hospital Ida Valley Jessie Joan Kangan kids kitchen knew lady Larsen laughing Leonora living look lovely Mallina married Mary Meekatharra Miss Miss Dolly Mogumber Moore River morning mother moved Mullewa Mulvale Mulvale's never Neville night o'clock Pelican Laughed Perth pick Port Hedland pull Quarry Street remember Roebourne settlement shillings started station stayed Stephen Kinnane talking tell terrible there's things thought told Tommy took town Uncle verandah waiting walked wanted wash What's worry Wyalkatchem Yindjibarndi