In reading chapters 5-7, Doris Pilkington-Garimara introduces readers to Molly, her sister Daisy, and their cousin Gracie. As engaged readers, we enter their communities and become acquainted with their mothers and members of their kinship groups. We experience the girls’ forced departure from the Jigalong Deport, internal migration across the western region, and arrival at the Moore River Native Settlement. We also learn of the Protection Laws established by the Australian Government to control the lives of Aborigines through curtailing their migration movement(s), suppressing their resistance to authority, and regulating their personal choices.
For this week’s discussion, write a 400-word response, expressing your reaction to the girls’ experiences of departure, internal migration, and arrival.