No Sugar
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All Themes Racism, Discrimination, and Colonial Violence Government, Civilization, and Religion White Australians vs. the Aboriginal Family Unit Language and Culture
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All Characters James “Jimmy” Munday Gran Munday Milly Millimurra Sam Millimurra Joe Millimurra Auber Octavius Neville Mr N. S. Neal Matron Neal Cissie Millimurra David Millimurra Sergeant Carrol Mary Daragurru Jimmy Koolbari Millimurra / The Baby Frank Brown Sister Eileen Billy Kimberley Herbert “Herbie” Munday Captain James Stirling
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No Sugar

by

Jack Davis
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Corroboree Term Analysis

An Australian-Aboriginal ceremony involving music and dance. In the play, participants play the clapsticks and digeridoo, and paint themselves with wilgi paint, in patterns representing stories and folklore.

Corroboree Quotes in No Sugar

The No Sugar quotes below are all either spoken by Corroboree or refer to Corroboree. 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 1, Scene 1 Quotes

JOE: ‘The—blood—was stirred…as if by a trumpet… by the history-ical…Headed by a tab-leau… […] ‘…Commemorating the pioneers whose lives…’ […] ‘…Were a steadfast performance of duty in the face of difficulty and danger. With them was a reminder of the dangers they faced, in the shape of three lorries…carrying Aborigines.

[They all stop what they are doing and listen.]

[…]

JOE: All right! ‘…Dancing…to a brass-band.’

SAM: Koorawoorung! Nyoongahs corrobereein’ to a wetjala’s brass band!
JIMMY: Ah! That beats everythin’: stupid bloody blackfellas…You fellas, you know why them wetjalas marchin’ down the street, eh? I’ll tell youse why. ‘Cause them bastards took our country and them blackfellas dancin’ for ‘em. Bastards!

[…]

JOE: ‘The pag…page…page-ant pre-sented a picture of Western Australia’s pre-sent condition of hopeful optimum-optimis-tic prosperity, and gave some idea of what men mean when they talk about the soul of the nation.’

SAM: Sounds like bullshit to me.

Related Characters: James “Jimmy” Munday (speaker), Sam Millimurra (speaker), Joe Millimurra (speaker)
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Page Number: 15-16
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Corroboree Term Timeline in No Sugar

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Act 2, Scene 6
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White Australians vs. the Aboriginal Family Unit Theme Icon
...on the Moore River Native Settlement. Jimmy and Sam, who have painted themselves for a corroboree ceremony, sit by a fire. Joe  enters with firewood, and tends to it. Bluey and... (full context)
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