Body 2

• Harrison illustrates to the audience how Aboriginal people are getting unintentional racism under the white institutions, which can be just as hurtful as unintentional racism.
• Throughout the play, Harrison criticises the forceful removal of Aboriginal people from the cities as intentional, but the subsequent poor condition and lack of  resources, as well as ostracism, are not intentional but stem from the negligence of white people.
• Dolly asked Gladys to reference her desire, “Why don’t we have a normal life?”.
• Harrison underscores the harsh situations of Aboriginal people who are forced to move far away from their home to live in the “town tip”, where the place for the whites abandons their trash.
• Therefore, Harrison tries to show the injustice of Indigenous people who need to follow the whites’ policies, whereas they don’t want to relocate their settlement, as well as living in hardship conditions where they have no choice to get the clothes from the tip of the whites.
• Harrison not only reveals the “rough conditions”, but also uses the recurring theme of the flood damage to emphasise the ongoing struggles and disruptions in the lives of Aboriginal characters.
• Harrison highlights that in the play, through the Inspector being unpleasant with the climate and environment of reservation and Gladys responding lightly the heat is better than the “winter season”, which indicates the juxtaposition in the living conditions between two societies.
• Through the conversion between the Inspector and Gladys, Harrison demonstrates the resilience of Aboriginal people who face natural disasters and constantly ‘[rebuild]’ their humpy after a flood had devastated it.
• In contrast, White people live in the city with a luxurious lifestyle without knowing Indigenous’ suffering.
• Hence, It reflects the instability and vulnerability of Indigenous’ living circumstances and highlights the broader theme of strength in the face of adversity.
• Ultimately, Harrison powerfully expresses the numerous obstacles faced by the First nation people under white institutions.