rainbows end dreams

Nan cork trees

“quick, go, but keep away from the cork trees.”

nan good man

“i can recognise a good man when i see one.”

Gladys weeds

“the lights come back to reality. Gladys is holding a bunch of weeds.”

dolly ball

“and the winner of the miss mooroopna-shepparton ball is … Miss Dolores Banks.”

gladys and queen dream

“curtsying, is presenting a bouquet of flowers to the queen. instead of being formal, the queen pulls her into a hug.”

dollys world limitations

“she doesn’t need to know any more than she does.”

gladys dream about papa dear

in old-fashioned hat and coat, dances in, throws his hat on the hatstand, kisses Gladys on the top of the head, and dances out.

dolly working for the bank

A girl from the Flats? i dont even see the town aboriginals working in stores.

gladys dream of running water

a tap appears from nowhere and from it flows blue jewels in an aprroximation of water.

knowledge of aboriginals from nan (Generational Knowledge and Cultural Survival)

you get knocked down when you get too clever

aboriginals vs nature (education power and control) (Generational Knowledge and Cultural Survival)

its like were fighting nature all the time. living on the riverbank.

dolly after being raped

wails like a banshee

encyclopaedias

everyone, Gladys? Every single one, ruined?

nan dear dreaming of errol and dolly

wedding bells and confetti as DOLLY and ERROL - pram in the middle - get hitched.

job discrimintation

we only pick ‘cos that’s all they’ll let us do

nancy being a bitch

why, if it isnt Miss dolores banks herself. love the dress, Dolly. love the fabric (with a giggle) My mother quite liked it too. when it was our sunroom curtains.

aboriginal education

We demand proper schooling.’ [to herself] and not just for us. [continuing].’The white people too - they need tobe educated about us, and our ways.

queen not seeing the humpies

The hessian they lined the road with. The hessian that i couldnt get through and couldnt even peek over

aunty shoes

its auntys shoes. i dont want her majesty to see them dirty.

nan dear stuberness ( generational knowledge and cultural survival)

cant teach an old dog new tricks.