Introduction
Jimmy
Jimmy is a lost and lonely boy who desperately wants to be reunited with his mother who loves him. During his periods of institutionalization he experiences emotional and physical abuse which has a devastating effect on his sense of self-worth. Jimmy’s journey leads him back home where he learns that his mother is alive. Tragically, fate intervenes and she dies before they are reunited. When he learns of her death he hangs himself in custody.
Sandy
Sandy is removed from a carefree childhood, spent with an extended family, on the land where he feels a sense of belonging. The Welfare people decide his mother is unfit to raise her children because at the back of the cupboard she has a can of peas which are past the use-by-date. The severity of this judgment, relating standards of house-keeping to maternal capability, might well strike a chord with the audience.
Sandy’s journey is spent on the run as he searches for a place to call home. Despite never being reunited with his family Sandy finds peace and realizes that like the earth, he has the power to heal himself and that no one can take his home again, because he carries it with him.
Shirley
Shirley is a stolen child, and later a mother who has her own children, Kate and Lionel, stolen. Finally she is a grandmother whose family is reunited. She knits to numb the excruciating pain of losing her children, which she has carried for twenty-five years. Shirley knows how fragile one’s hold on life can be, yet, despite this, she is optimistic about the future.
Anne
Anne is adopted by couple who feel they are ‘saving’ her from the degradation of Aboriginal culture. The raise her as their own daughter until they are forced to reveal that her Aboriginal mother is ill. This places Anne in a quandary because it is the first time that she has been told that she is of Aboriginal origin. This knowledge raises many complex questions about her identity. The problems are not resolved with a quick fix, neat, happy ‘Hollywood ending’. Rather the audience is left wondering how she will mesh the two worlds together given her upbringing.
Ruby
Ruby’s innocence is stolen from her when she is sexually abused. As a result of her tortured experience, cruel and degrading voices reverberate in her head. Whilst Ruby is reunited with her Aboriginal family, the audience feels that there is little chance that this reunion will help the healing process.
Jimmy is a lost and lonely boy who desperately wants to be reunited with his mother who loves him. During his periods of institutionalization he experiences emotional and physical abuse which has a devastating effect on his sense of self-worth. Jimmy’s journey leads him back home where he learns that his mother is alive. Tragically, fate intervenes and she dies before they are reunited. When he learns of her death he hangs himself in custody.
Sandy
Sandy is removed from a carefree childhood, spent with an extended family, on the land where he feels a sense of belonging. The Welfare people decide his mother is unfit to raise her children because at the back of the cupboard she has a can of peas which are past the use-by-date. The severity of this judgment, relating standards of house-keeping to maternal capability, might well strike a chord with the audience.
Sandy’s journey is spent on the run as he searches for a place to call home. Despite never being reunited with his family Sandy finds peace and realizes that like the earth, he has the power to heal himself and that no one can take his home again, because he carries it with him.
Shirley
Shirley is a stolen child, and later a mother who has her own children, Kate and Lionel, stolen. Finally she is a grandmother whose family is reunited. She knits to numb the excruciating pain of losing her children, which she has carried for twenty-five years. Shirley knows how fragile one’s hold on life can be, yet, despite this, she is optimistic about the future.
Anne
Anne is adopted by couple who feel they are ‘saving’ her from the degradation of Aboriginal culture. The raise her as their own daughter until they are forced to reveal that her Aboriginal mother is ill. This places Anne in a quandary because it is the first time that she has been told that she is of Aboriginal origin. This knowledge raises many complex questions about her identity. The problems are not resolved with a quick fix, neat, happy ‘Hollywood ending’. Rather the audience is left wondering how she will mesh the two worlds together given her upbringing.
Ruby
Ruby’s innocence is stolen from her when she is sexually abused. As a result of her tortured experience, cruel and degrading voices reverberate in her head. Whilst Ruby is reunited with her Aboriginal family, the audience feels that there is little chance that this reunion will help the healing process.
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