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Wetjalas
A Nyoongah word for white people, along with wetjala.
Gudeeah Quotes in No Sugar
The No Sugar quotes below are all either spoken by Gudeeah or refer to Gudeeah. 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 2, Scene 4 Quotes
Mary: I don’t like the way [Mr. Neal] looks at me.
Joe: Well, you got me now, for what I’m worth.
Mary: He’s always hangin’ around where the girls are workin’; in the cookhouse, in the sewin’ room. And he’s always carryin’ that cat-o’-nine tails and he’ll use it, too.
Joe: Bastard, better not use it on you or any of my lot.
Mary: He reckoned he was gunna belt me once.
Joe: What for?
Mary: ‘Coz I said I wasn’t gunna go and work for guddeah on a farm.
Joe: Why not? Be better than this place.
Mary: No! Some of them guddeahs real bad. My friend went last Christmas and then she came back boodjarri. She reckons the boss’s sons used to belt her up and, you know, force her. Then they kicked her out. And when she had that baby them trackers choked it dead and buried it in the pine plantation.
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Mary and Joe discuss the danger Mary and other Aboriginal women are constantly facing. Although both teens suffer at the hands of white bureaucrats and racist government policies, Mary’s struggles, as a woman, are unique. She feels constantly sexually threatened by Mr. Neal, but knows that even if she escapes his advances and procures work off of the Reserve, she could then face sexual threats from other white employers. Mr. Neal, the Matron, and Sister Eileen are not doing their jobs and protecting the Aboriginal men, women, and children under their care. Mary is understandably afraid of sexual violence, but 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. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint ap
Act 2, Scene 6 Quotes
[He picks up inji sticks. The Nyoongahs, SAM, JIMMY and JOE, dance with them. BILLY joins in. They dance with increasing speed and energy, stamping their feet, whirling in front of the fire, their bodies appearing and disappearing as the paint catches the firelight. The dance becomes faster and more frantic until finally SAM lets out a yell and they collapse, dropping back to their positions around the fire. JIMMY coughs and pants painfully.]
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BILLY: This country got plenty good dance, eh?
BLUEY: Wee-ah!
JIMMY: Ah, yuart, not too many left now. Nearly all finish.
BILLY: No, no, no. You song man, you fella dance men. This still your country. [Flinging his arms wide] You, you, you, you listen! Gudeeah make ’em fences, windmill, make ’em road for motor car, big house, cut ’em down trees. Still your country! Not like my country, finish… finish.
[He sits in silence. They watch him intently. JOE puts wood on the fire. He speaks slowly.]
BILLY: Kuliyah. [Miming pulling a trigger, grunting] Gudeeah bin kill ’em. Finish, kill ’em. Big mob, 1926, kill ’em big mob my country.
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Although Billy, Bluey, Jimmy, Joe, and Sam are often in conflict because Billy and Bluey work for Mr. Neal and act as law enforcement, carrying out orders that actively hurt other Aboriginal people, the men are able to come together for this dance and ceremony. Billy and Bluey have dealt with colonial violence by becoming agents of violence themselves, while Joe, Jimmy, and Sam continue to resist and refuse to assimilate into white, Western society. Billy uses more Nyoongah words than Sam, Joe, or Jimmy generally uses. This is perhaps to connect him to a culture and community that has Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Providen
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Gudeeah Term Timeline in No Sugar
The timeline below shows where the term Gudeeah appears in No Sugar. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 2, Scene 6
...belongs to Jimmy and his family. In contrast, Billy feels he has no country left, “gudeeah make ‘em fences, windmill, make ‘em road for motor car, big house, cut ‘em down...
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