The Aborigine even had a difficulty to do activity in the evening. They had to get permission first from the police. Although they already asked for
permission to the police, the police may not give the permission. If they got the permission, the police would give the Aborigine a little card for proof. It was
because someone may ask them whether they had a card or not, which meant they were allowed in town after dark. The whites were afraid if the Aborigine did
criminal in town after dark. The whites were being caution and they wanted to make sure that they were safe even if the Aborigine was freely in town after dark.
6. Alice in the Aborigine Department
Aboriginal people who received inheritance, any money left to them will become the property of Aborigines department. The Aborigine family could not
have it. When Alice‟s father died, her father left her some money. The money was sent to the Aborigines department, but Alice said she never got it. The department
never even bothered to let her know that her family died. Over the years different
people tried to find that money for her, but they never had any luck.
I‟ve since found out that when this happened, if Aboriginal people received an inheritance, any money left to them became the property of the
Aborigines department Nannup 1992:179.
Alice could have really used that money her father left her, and it would have made the world of difference to her family. For the Aborigine did not have
any authority or high position, the white could do whatever they wanted to do towards them. Even the whites took what was not theirs. The Aborigine could not
have the inheritance from their own family. They wanted to complain about it, but
they did not have someone to help them with that lawyer to take care about their problem. They were being looked down by the whites. Even the Aborigine
department never bothered to let Alice know that her family died. It meant that the department did not care about it, and they thought it was no need to tell Alice.
7. Alice in the Hotel
Aborigines were not allowed under the premises. When Alice and her kids were standing under the verandah, they were chased away. Aborigines were not
allowed in the hotel because it against the law. Alice and her children dashed across the road to shelter under the verandah, and when they got there, the
proprietor of the hotel was standing there whistling. Anyway, he‟s whistling, whistling, and I was just standing there with my
poor little kids trying to cool down. Suddenly he turned to me and said, „Excuse me, madam, but you know you‟re not allowed under these
premises.‟ Nannup 1992:181. Usually people thought that hotel was an elite place and had a high
standard. People who stayed in the hotel had more money than people who just stayed at a mess or boarding house. The proprietor of the hotel chased Alice away
because he did not want Alice to ruin the image of the hotel. The whites may think that Alice was dirty, and no neat. She was standing in front of the hotel with
her children, and staring at the people who were going in and out of the hotel. People may think that Alice and her children was a beggar. The proprietor also
may see Alice that way. That was why Alice and her children were chased away from the hotel.
