no sugar quotes

"...abos" sergeant to frank

racism/discrimination

"...western australia fisheries, forestry, wildlife, and aborigines." stage direction

racism/discrimination

"you know we're not allowed in town, not allowed to go down the soak, not allowed to march." jimmy to frank

racism/discrimination

"native protector, couldn't protect my dog from fleas."

racism/discrimination

"whole town knows why we're goin'. 'coz wetjalas in this town don't want us 'ere, don't want our kids at the school with their kids, and old jimmy mitchell's tight 'coz they reckon bert hawke's gonna give him a hidin' in the election." jimmy to frank

racism/discrimination

"cockies want 'em to work for nothing." milly to neville

racism/discrimination

"i'm afraid that soap is no longer included as a ration item." neville to milly and gran

racism/discrimination

"natives best left to keep to themselves."

racism/discrimination

"shut up you bloody idiot, or i'll charge you with contempt of court." jp to jimmy

racism/discrimination

"too late to adopt the tasmanian solution." - sergeant

racism/discrimination

"don't be stupid, woman, i can handle a mob of unruly n*ggers". neal

racism/discrimination

"...six weeks imprisonment with hard labour."

"three months imprisonment with hard labour" jp to frank and sam

racism/discrimination

"well, they'll have to work if you want luxury items like soap". neville to milly

racism/discrimination

"the ding always sells us little shrivelled ones and them wetjala kids big fat ones." david and cissie

racism/discrimination

"you bloody incompetent savage!"

"...you blithering stone age idiot!" neal

racism/discrimination

"big mob politjmans, and big mob from stations, and shoot 'em everybody mens, koories, little yumbah... they chuck 'em on a big fire, chuck 'em in river". billy

racism/discrimination

"so he could have a nice white little town, a nice, white little f*ckin' town". jimmy

racism/discrimination

"[the family looks on in stunned silence. cissie clings to her mother and cries.]" stage direction

disposession

"you're all goin'. you're under arrest." sergeant to millimurras

disposession

"we never shifted out, we was booted out." joe

disposession

"it's been decided to transfer the entire native population to the moore river settlement." neville

disposession

"that's why we're...fading away" millimurras in song

assimilation

"[the whites clap while the aborigines remain silent]" stage direction

assimilation

"the use of violence by your native policemen to enforce attendance at my religious instruction classes." sister eileen to neal

assimilation

"if you can successfully inculcate such basic but essential details of civilised living you will have helped them along the road to taking their place in australian society". neal to matron

assimilation

"it doesn't hurt to remind yourselves that you are preparing yourselves here to take your place in australian society, to live as other australians live, and to live alongside other australians, to learn to enjoy the privileges and to shoulder the responsibilities of living like the white man, to be treated equally, not worse, not better, under the law." neville at aus. day

assimilation

"getting back to the books, what do you classify the bible as?" sister eileen to neal

eurocentricity

"[jimmy runs out of breath, heaves and clutches his chest...the official party continues to sing 'god save the king'. jimmy's family rushes to him.]" stage direction

eurocentricity

"there's a native outside..."

"i know, he can wait. [neville continues to read...]" miss dunn to neville

power

"of the eighty who went out in the domestic service last year...thirty returned to the settlement in pregnant condition." neville

power

"so you intend to defy me, do you? billy! [he takes the cat-o'-nine tails from his desk.]". neal and stage direction

power

"take it from me, i been dealin' with 'em for years. i got nothing against 'em, but i know exactly what they're like." sergeant to frank

power

"there's enough troublemakers without giving them ideas". neal to sister eileen

power

"[matron enters, almost catching him.]" stage direction

power

"you're not havin' my baby, leave him alone!" mary to matron

power

"i think she was scared of the living." matron to neal

power

"item two: off the cuff, the proposed budget cut of three thousand one hundred and thirty - four pounds could be met by discounting the supply of meat in native rations. soap was discontinued this financial year." neville

power

"[neville continues to read as jimmy ambles around the back of the office...]" stage direction

power

"don't let them take baby. don't let them take baby. [she cries in panic.]" mary

power

"no sugar in our tea, bread and butter we never see." millimurras in song

power

"they can shoot our dawgs, anytime they want to...kill and show dawg, used to catch meat for every blackfella in northam and they shot him." jimmy to frank

power

"...a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing". neal to sister eileen

power

"...i've got a big mob here, over seven hundred...there's enough troublemakers without giving them ideas". neal to sister eileen

power

"millimurra seems to have learnt you well. well i'm going to unlearn you." neal

power

"i wanna call him jimmy. [silence]" joe

family

"how can i keep my kids clean and sen 'em to school?" mary

family

"[jimmy gets up, but can't resist the final word.]" stage direction

protest

"rotten spuds and onions?" - jimmy

protest

"come on. i'm gunna show you my country." joe to mary

culture

"i got you a litttle nyoongah. now i cut your cord...now cover you in ashes. more better than johnson's baby powder, eh?" gran

culture

"wetjala cut all the trees down" - gran

culture

"...granny, you should remember when you used to grind up jam and wattle seeds".

culture

"more better than white man's flour, no weevils in jam and wattle seeds" sergeant and gran

culture

"kill rabbit, snake, bungarra". billy

culture

"i ain't goin' on no train. i'm goin' with sam and milly" gran

culture