My Place: IllustratedLooking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia's indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmother's birthplace, starting a search for information about her family. She uncovers that she is not white but aborigine--information that was kept a secret because of the stigma of society. This moving account is a classic of Australian literature that finally frees the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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Page 147
... blackfella . Anyway , you're a blackfella yourself , what do ya think of that ?! ' Nan was incensed . No one had called her a blackfella for years . She bent down to him and said , ' I may be a blackfella , but I'm not like you . I ...
... blackfella . Anyway , you're a blackfella yourself , what do ya think of that ?! ' Nan was incensed . No one had called her a blackfella for years . She bent down to him and said , ' I may be a blackfella , but I'm not like you . I ...
Page 211
... blackfella that had dealings with Neville got no good word to say about him . He wasn't protectin ' the Aborigines , he was destroyin ' them ! These poor blackfellas they took away had to live in a compound with soldiers around them ...
... blackfella that had dealings with Neville got no good word to say about him . He wasn't protectin ' the Aborigines , he was destroyin ' them ! These poor blackfellas they took away had to live in a compound with soldiers around them ...
Page 326
... blackfella runnin ' the station . They was all wrong . My poor old mother never saw him again . Rosie and I was ... blackfellas , really . Aah , that colour business is a funny thing . Our colour goes away . You mix us with the white man ...
... blackfella runnin ' the station . They was all wrong . My poor old mother never saw him again . Rosie and I was ... blackfellas , really . Aah , that colour business is a funny thing . Our colour goes away . You mix us with the white man ...
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