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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... Nungarin and the railway line wasn't even there , only the earthworks . When there was no stock work to be done , I spent my time grubbing boab tea - tree and clearing more and more land ready for cropping . Other times , I did errands ...
... Nungarin and the railway line wasn't even there , only the earthworks . When there was no stock work to be done , I spent my time grubbing boab tea - tree and clearing more and more land ready for cropping . Other times , I did errands ...
Page 247
... Nungarin . I decided to strike out for Goomalling . There were two friends of mine who wanted to go there , too , Billy One Moon and Hunting Maggie . Hunting Maggie was blind . Billy was her husband and he used to lead her along the ...
... Nungarin . I decided to strike out for Goomalling . There were two friends of mine who wanted to go there , too , Billy One Moon and Hunting Maggie . Hunting Maggie was blind . Billy was her husband and he used to lead her along the ...
Page 249
... Nungarin to check on his land . It was at the time when Lord Kitchener had ordered all the States to be linked by railway line , in case of war . That way , they could help each other . While Davy was working the Trans Line , the Land ...
... Nungarin to check on his land . It was at the time when Lord Kitchener had ordered all the States to be linked by railway line , in case of war . That way , they could help each other . While Davy was working the Trans Line , the Land ...
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