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culture. The play also strives to let the white audience learn of the extreme injustices encountered by the Aborigine's during the white colonization. In doing this it also attempts to let the white audience to experience the inability
faced by the Aborigines in terms of power and freedom by the use of the Nyoongah language
and manipulation of other theatrical and narrative elements.
The opening scene attempts to establish setting by making clear reference to the poverty the Millumara family lives in (a run down camp e.g.. of poverty, a soak where they must wash their clothes and themselves time after time) however the family appears to be cheerful and under the circumstances act much like a normal white family. This is done by Davis so as the audience can relate to the family being normal.

The Millumara's take part in white activities such as cricket, reading and washing clothing and the play makes references to other stereotypical "white things" such as tea, sugar, ...

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into the world on pg. (60). Gran also like her son is not intimidated by the white authority and will stand up for herself and people at any given time.

Through the use of the character's names within the text Davis has been able to make symbolic references to Christianity. For example Jimmy's middle name "Emanuel" is Hebrew for "god is with us and the character Joe is short for "Joeseph" who eventually has a child with another character named "Mary". Davis has done this to show how the white settler's religion has been forced upon the Aborigines. However, when Sister Eileen is insistent apon the children of the Moore river settlement learning how to read Mr Neal denies her as he ...

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