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Jolene Gondiwindi
Joey Gondiwindi is an Aboriginal Australian man. He is Missy’s son and August’s cousin. As a teenager, Joey was sent to juvenile detention for four years, presumably for burning down the pharmacy owned by Eddie Falstaff’s family. Though Eddie was his best friend, Joey now resents him and August for leaving him behind to take the fall for whatever they’d done as a group. As an Aboriginal Australian man, Joey had a rough time in detention. After his release, he invented a wildly successful app in which the user fights colonizers in various countries. Outspoken and passionate, Joey eagerly joins Missy and August in their protest against Rinepalm.
Joey Gondiwindi Quotes in The Yield
The The Yield quotes below are all either spoken by Joey Gondiwindi or refer to Joey Gondiwindi. 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
Chapter 41 Quotes
Maybe you are looking for a statue, or a bench by the banks of the Murrumby to honor the people who have lived by the river. Better, there is water returning, nudging what was dead. Better the burral-gang congregate here often. Better these words and better we are still here and that we speak them.
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After settling in Massacre Plains, August and Joey print out pages from Albert’s Wiradjuri dictionary and pass them out to local children. Like Rinepalm, Joey and August recognize that the youngest generations of citizens have the most power to enact lasting change. This foreword speculates that the reader is “looking for a statue, or a bench by the banks of the Murrumby to honor the people who have lived by the river.” This imagined search for a monument honoring Aboriginal Australians recalls the museum’s exhibit of Aboriginal artifacts as mementoes of a lost civilization. Additionally, the river reference suggests that 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
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Joey Gondiwindi Character Timeline in The Yield
The timeline below shows where the character Joey Gondiwindi appears in The Yield. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 11
...and Elsie downstairs. Missy and Mary ask her about England. Missy shares that her son Joey has created an app called Get ‘Em—a game where the player fights various colonizers. She...
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Chapter 20
August sees her cousin Joey, Aunt Missy’s son. She hasn’t seen him since he was sent to juvenile detention for...
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Joey thinks many Aboriginal Australians feel like August, but he encourages her to take initiative and...
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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...
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Chapter 28
...the subject turns to his own family, Albert becomes sorrowful. He thinks putting Jolene and Joey in ngunba-ngidala (“jail”) is an overcorrection designed to intimidate Aboriginal people. Albert believes such behavior...
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Chapter 35
...something, even if they’ve been torn apart and dismissed by the general population. After midnight, Joey picks them up at the station. He tells them things have gotten “a bit wild”...
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Chapter 37
Missy, Elsie, and Mary go back inside Prosperous while Joey and August look across the burning wheat fields. August sees Eddie alongside police and firemen...
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...retrieves her and Jedda’s belongings from the attic. The fire collapses Prosperous’s shed. August and Joey escape and drive to Aunt Nicki’s house. August accuses Nicki of stealing Albert’s dictionary and...
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Chapter 39
August parks outside the council office. Joey threatens to drive off without her, just like she and Eddie left him at the...
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Back at Prosperous, the fire is out. With the house stable, August and Joey camp on the veranda. The next morning, a reporter arrives to document the protest. The...
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...locates Mandy chained to the drilling fence. She welcomes them as “[f]ellow water protectors,” but Joey declares himself and August “custodians of the land.” The protesters cheer. A few hours later,...
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...a collective identity and fostering respect between groups. Elsie and Mary arrive and chide August, Joey, and Missy for chaining themselves to the fence. Joey insists they have to try. Elsie...
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...the land which has comforted her. Later, police in riot gear advance on the protesters. Joey sends Missy away so she doesn’t get hurt. The officers hose and tear-gas them. Other...
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Chapter 41
...rain delays the mine’s construction. August stays in Massacre Plains with Elsie, Missy, Mary, and Joey. She has finally found the words and belonging she was looking for and has grown...
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