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 169
... won't you , one - o - four ? You buy anything for a dollar . ' One - o - four was Mum's permanent bidding number . ' Come out to the car and see what I've bought , ' Mum said excitedly . ' You won't believe it . ' That was the trouble ...
... won't you , one - o - four ? You buy anything for a dollar . ' One - o - four was Mum's permanent bidding number . ' Come out to the car and see what I've bought , ' Mum said excitedly . ' You won't believe it . ' That was the trouble ...
Page 180
... won't talk . ' ' I know . It really upsets me , sometimes . ' ' Mum , who owned Corunna Downs ? ' ' Judy's father . ' ' I didn't know that . What was his name ? ' ' Alfred Howden Drake - Brockman . ' ' Fancy that . I suppose that's why ...
... won't talk . ' ' I know . It really upsets me , sometimes . ' ' Mum , who owned Corunna Downs ? ' ' Judy's father . ' ' I didn't know that . What was his name ? ' ' Alfred Howden Drake - Brockman . ' ' Fancy that . I suppose that's why ...
Page 208
... won't release them . You take the old police files , they're not even controlled by Battye Library , they're controlled by the police . And they don't like letting them out , because there are so many instances of police abusing their ...
... won't release them . You take the old police files , they're not even controlled by Battye Library , they're controlled by the police . And they don't like letting them out , because there are so many instances of police abusing their ...
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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