Rainbow's End Flashcards

Gladys shoes dirty

“It’s Auntie’s shoes. I don’t want her majesty to see them dirty”

Gladys weeds

“The lights come back to reality, Gladys is holding a bunch of weeds”

Dolly assault

“She wails like a banshee”

Nan good man

“I can recognise a good man when I see one”

Gladys Graduation Dream

“Gladys sees Dolly in a robe and clapboard hat” “My girl, a graduate”

Nan respect to family

“What you call them? Shame! They might be drinkers, but they’re still our people”

Errol likes Dolly

“What matters is you. Not your address…”

Errol’s family in contrast

“Your family… it’s different from mine. My Dad expects me to call him sir”

Nan Dear Marrying

“You need to know who your cousins are. So you don’t marry em.”

Nan Dear picking

“We only pick ‘cos that’s all they’ll let us do”

Gladys wants to read

“I thought I’d get around to learning from someone but they were all…so busy”

Gladys can now read

“If you want me to read any part to you..I can”

Dolly to encyclopedias

“I don’t think so, mister. They’re not for the likes of us”

Gladys and Nan on Dolly’s employment

“Why should her address stop her in life?” “Gladys, get a grip”

Nan advice on being clever

“You get knocked down if you’re too clever”

Nan not optimistic

“Don’t fill her head with nonsense, she’s better off where she is”

Gladys Hessian

“But hessian! Like a band-aid over a sore”

Nan Cummeragunja

“They forced us to leave”

Gladys on radio

“us Aboriginals aren’t welcome in the townships”

Dolly home

“a real home is where people are looking out for eachother”

Gladys bank

“He pours one for himself, but doesn’t offer one to Gladys”

No employment Nan

“We only pick cos that’s all they’ll let us do”