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 193
... I've been telling people I'm Indian ! I have a right to know my own history . Come to think of it , you've never gotten around to telling me why you lied to us about that . About being Indian . ' ' Oh , let's not go into that , I've had ...
... I've been telling people I'm Indian ! I have a right to know my own history . Come to think of it , you've never gotten around to telling me why you lied to us about that . About being Indian . ' ' Oh , let's not go into that , I've had ...
Page 273
... I've got and I've got to take good care of you . It's no use me going with Sally when you're sick . I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you . If the doctor says it's serious , then I'll stay here and look after you . I ...
... I've got and I've got to take good care of you . It's no use me going with Sally when you're sick . I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you . If the doctor says it's serious , then I'll stay here and look after you . I ...
Page 429
... I've learnt in this world it's this , you can't trust the government . They'll give the blackfellas the dirt and the mining companies'll get the gold . That's the way of it . I don't like this word Land Rights , people are gettin ...
... I've learnt in this world it's this , you can't trust the government . They'll give the blackfellas the dirt and the mining companies'll get the gold . That's the way of it . I don't like this word Land Rights , people are gettin ...
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