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The busiest and historically most important street in downtown Sydney, where Nigel ends up spinning a sign and handing out flyers after the war, despite his attempts to publicly advocate for Indigenous soldiers.
George Street Quotes in Black Diggers
The Black Diggers quotes below are all either spoken by George Street or refer to George Street. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act Two Quotes
Tarzan. At the Empire. Tarzan, man of the apes. The ape man. Tarzan. Ape. Man. Lowland Gorilla. From Zanzibar. Ape. Man.
He stops, has a surreptitious swig from a bottle. Stands still, watching people rush past him.
Sorry Dad.
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In the disturbing scene just after Nigel writes his letter to the editor, he walks down Sydney’s busiest street—George Street—wearing a sign that advertises the show “TARZAN THE APE MAN.” The implication is clear: because whites, following racist science, think Aboriginal people are evolutionary somewhere between apes and full men, Nigel looks like an “ape man” and is a perfect advertisement for a show about such a figure. This recalls all the other examples throughout the text when others treat him only in terms of his appearance, regardless of his desires or efforts—like when the Taxidermist (the “Dad” to whom Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostru
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George Street Term Timeline in Black Diggers
The timeline below shows where the term George Street appears in Black Diggers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act Two
On George Street in downtown Sydney, Nigel wears a costume reading “TARZAN THE APE MAN” and hands out...
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