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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... asked , we said , ' Aboriginal . ' We often swapped tales of what the latest comment was . A few of our ... asking me to come in for an interview with a senior officer of the department . I was scared stiff . Two days later , I sat ...
... asked , we said , ' Aboriginal . ' We often swapped tales of what the latest comment was . A few of our ... asking me to come in for an interview with a senior officer of the department . I was scared stiff . Two days later , I sat ...
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... asked if I'd like to have Daisy with me . It said they didn't want her no more and they wondered if I could come and ... asked him if he wanted a wife . He asked who I had in mind . I told him about Daisy and how pretty 255.
... asked if I'd like to have Daisy with me . It said they didn't want her no more and they wondered if I could come and ... asked him if he wanted a wife . He asked who I had in mind . I told him about Daisy and how pretty 255.
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... asked about Lilla . No , they didn't know her . Suddenly , I twigged from Gladys speaking that these two ladies were Topsy and Old Nancy . I asked Gladys to show them the photos again . Topsy took a closer look . Suddenly , she smiled ...
... asked about Lilla . No , they didn't know her . Suddenly , I twigged from Gladys speaking that these two ladies were Topsy and Old Nancy . I asked Gladys to show them the photos again . Topsy took a closer look . Suddenly , she smiled ...
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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