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Jimmie Blacksmith is a half-caste; Aboriginee mother and caucasian father. He was brought up with a lot of grooming by the missionary for a world not willing / ready to accept him to be more than what they think Aboriginees are; 'savages'.
Jimmie tried to follow the principles of life as was taught him by the missionaries: finish work contract; no walkabout; and was mostly polite. However, being looked down and mistreated for countless of times driven him to a rage he has never known before and t ...more
Jimmie tried to follow the principles of life as was taught him by the missionaries: finish work contract; no walkabout; and was mostly polite. However, being looked down and mistreated for countless of times driven him to a rage he has never known before and t ...more
Keneally has written an Australian classic that continues to resonate. The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith to me is about a man displaced. In an attempt to try and meet the conditions imposed upon him to become part of white society he comes to the gradual realisation that nothing will ever be good enough. That he will always be an outsider, a man who will never belong in the white man's world.
There is nothing nice about this story it portrays an ugly Australia. Still it is important to read and to ...more
There is nothing nice about this story it portrays an ugly Australia. Still it is important to read and to ...more
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