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Clivie is an eleven-year-old Aboriginal boy whom Davidson meets through Ada Baxter. Although Clivie is kind and intelligent, he has a penchant for stealing things and eventually gets in serious trouble. He is separated from his family and sent to a reform school. Getting to know Clivie helps Davidson understand the ways in which schools fail Aboriginal children.
Clivie Quotes in Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
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Chapter 3 Quotes
So it was little wonder that children did not want to experience this totally alien and threatening environment. It taught them nothing they needed to know since the only job they were likely to get was itinerant station work, which did not require the ability to read or write. Little wonder that they were termed hopeless, unable to learn, sow’s ears. “Ah yes,” the whites shook their heads in sadness, “it’s in the blood. They’ll never be assimilated.”
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Here, Davidson points out that the conditions of the state-run schools near Alice Springs are completely unsuited to the needs of the Aboriginal children who attend them. Because the schools have nothing to do with the children’s actual needs and ignore their home lives and unique culture, the children are unengaged and the white people who run the schools write the Aboriginal children off as hopeless cases. This analysis illuminates the case of Davidson’s young friend Clivie, who ends up getting sent to a reform school despite his natural talents and intelligence. This early example is one of the first 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 te
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Clivie Character Timeline in Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
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Chapter 3
...Aboriginal communities. She describes the particular case of an eleven-year-old Aboriginal boy she meets named Clivie, who is intelligent and friendly but prone to stealing. Davidson enjoys getting to know Clivie...
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