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Aunt Missy
Aunt Nicki is the daughter of Elsie and Albert Gondiwindi and the sister of Missy and Jolene. Middle-aged Aunt Nicki works for the local council, who have denied any possibility of the Gondiwindis claiming Native Title on their land. August and Joey eventually learn that Nicki hid Albert’s Wiradjuri dictionary from the rest of the family because of the traumatic secret it reveals about Great-Aunt Mary’s son Jimmy and Jedda.
Aunt Nicki Quotes in The Yield
The The Yield quotes below are all either spoken by Aunt Nicki or refer to Aunt Nicki. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 20 Quotes
“Joe mentioned Native Title. That he talked with Pop about claiming the land.”
“Couldn’t ever happen—I’ll tell you why—there’s no artifacts. No water in Murrumby, no fish—and fishing would mean Nana, or whoever’s living here, would have a cultural connection to the land to maintain, the…well, ‘resources’—okay? Another thing, there’s no language here. Our people’s language is extinct, no one speaks it any more so they can tick that box on their government form that says ‘loss of cultural connection.’ You see?”
“Poppy taught us some.”
“Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes song? Yeah, he taught me that too. But I mean language that is connected to this place, this landscape.”
“Nana told me last night Poppy was writing a dictionary.”
Aunt Nicki shook her head before she answered. “Even if he was writing it, won’t change anything. They grew up on the Mish, remember, and language wasn’t allowed.”
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At Albert’s memorial, August discusses the possibility of saving Prosperous from Rinepalm with Aunt Nicki, who works for the local council. Nicki dismisses the notion of claiming Native Title, since there exists no physical evidence of ancient Aboriginal Australians living on the land. Though Nicki cites the lack of “artifacts” and natural resources like water and fish as the reason their claim would be denied, this argument seems ridiculous in light of how colonialism played out throughout Australia. It is well known that White settlers destroyed Aboriginal Australian artifacts during their violent conquest of the land, and their careless actions 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 aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Au
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Aunt Nicki Character Timeline in The Yield
The timeline below shows where the character Aunt Nicki appears in The Yield. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 20
...Missy is telling Eddie about how Albert used to take her and her sisters—Jolene and Nicki—eel fishing. She remembers Jolene catching a gigantic eel which somehow got hold of Albert’s knife...
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August and Joey’s Aunt Nicki—Elsie and Albert’s third and final daughter—arrives. August asks Nicki if it’s true that the Falstaffs...
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Chapter 23
...and her family gather around the fire pit. She stands with her aunties—Missy, Mary, and Nicki—seeming to sense their thoughts. Missy remembers fishing and planting with Albert. Mary thinks of reuniting...
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Chapter 26
...of overdue books Albert had checked out. Afterward, August visits the council chambers where Aunt Nicki works. Nicki is in a meeting but says she can meet August for lunch. On...
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Chapter 34
...mother spoke to him—dhudhu, meaning “breast.” He is entrusting his book (garrandarang) to his daughter, Nicki, who will take it to the council. Albert’s last entry here describes the ancestors’ practice...
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Chapter 37
...Rinepalm’s bulldozers before setting the field on fire. Mary had called the police and Aunt Nicki, since she deals with the mines. Something clicks in August’s mind. She asks if anyone...
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...August asks which aunt put her to bed after the funeral. Eddie confirms it was Nicki. He told the council about the artifact records the day before Albert died. Back at...
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Chapter 39
...for whatever crime they’d done as a group. Joey forgives her. August tells him Aunt Nicki stole Poppy Albert’s dictionary. She thinks whatever he wrote is important. Joey suggests they break...
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...falls, a bulldozer uproots more trees. Hearing Aunt Mary wailing from Prosperous, August sees Aunt Nicki has arrived with a cassette recorder and a stack of paper.
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Chapter 41
...initially caved to Rinepalm’s demands because the mine would help others in town. Now, Aunt Nicki reveals Albert’s dictionary, along with his heartbreaking secret knowledge that Jimmy, Aunt Mary’s son, murdered...
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