My PlaceIn 1982 Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started out as a tentative search for information about her family, turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage. My Placebeings with the experiences of Sally's own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds. It is a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn, finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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Page 175
... Aboriginal . ' We often swapped tales of what the latest comment was . A few of our acquaintances had said , ' Aaah , you're only on the scholarship because of the money . ' At that time , the Aboriginal allowance exceeded the allowance ...
... Aboriginal . ' We often swapped tales of what the latest comment was . A few of our acquaintances had said , ' Aaah , you're only on the scholarship because of the money . ' At that time , the Aboriginal allowance exceeded the allowance ...
Page 223
... Aboriginal father . Later , there was Daisy . She is my only sister who shares with me the same parents . I was a good deal older than her when they took me away to the mission , she was only a babe in arms , then . My mother was ...
... Aboriginal father . Later , there was Daisy . She is my only sister who shares with me the same parents . I was a good deal older than her when they took me away to the mission , she was only a babe in arms , then . My mother was ...
Page 316
... Aboriginal people had to get permits to travel . Sometimes , they wouldn't give them a permit . They didn't care ... Aboriginal children with her . I was very sad , because I lost a lot of my friends . There were a few lightly coloured ...
... Aboriginal people had to get permits to travel . Sometimes , they wouldn't give them a permit . They didn't care ... Aboriginal children with her . I was very sad , because I lost a lot of my friends . There were a few lightly coloured ...
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Aboriginal allowed Arthur asked began better Bill Billy boys called close Corunna couldn't decided didn't door eyes face father feel felt finally finished friends front gave girls give gone hand happened hard head heard hospital inside it's Jill keep kids knew later laughed leave live look loved mean mind Miss morning mother moved Mum's Nan's needed never night once passed past play pulled remember replied round Sally seemed sick sister sleep someone Sometimes soon stay stop story suddenly sure talk tell there's things thought told took trying turned verandah waiting walked wasn't watched week wonderful worried wrong