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 134
... She's out the back . Actually , she's busy . ' ' Oh . Well dear , we're from the Jehovah's Witness Church and , each week , we call here and have a little talk and a cup of tea with your Nanna . We think she's a wonderful old lady , so ...
... She's out the back . Actually , she's busy . ' ' Oh . Well dear , we're from the Jehovah's Witness Church and , each week , we call here and have a little talk and a cup of tea with your Nanna . We think she's a wonderful old lady , so ...
Page 188
... she could tell you , she knows more about some of our people than I do . ' ' But she won't talk , Arthur , ' Mum replied . ' Sometimes , I think she thinks she's white . She's ashamed of her family . ' ' Aah , she's bin with whitefellas ...
... she could tell you , she knows more about some of our people than I do . ' ' But she won't talk , Arthur , ' Mum replied . ' Sometimes , I think she thinks she's white . She's ashamed of her family . ' ' Aah , she's bin with whitefellas ...
Page 396
... She's always been a big eater . ' ' She told me to tell you to bring her cane chair over . ' ' She'll be moving in permanently if you're not careful . ' Nan kept her word and went home for the weekend . On Sunday , Mum rang . ' Hi , Mum ...
... She's always been a big eater . ' ' She told me to tell you to bring her cane chair over . ' ' She'll be moving in permanently if you're not careful . ' Nan kept her word and went home for the weekend . On Sunday , Mum rang . ' Hi , Mum ...
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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