8. Alice in the Church
When Alice went to the church, and the service was over, the minister would stand at the door and shake hands with everyone, but when Alice came
along, he‟d put his hands behind his back. Also, when the service was over the minister would stand at the door and
shake hands with everyone as they left. But when we came along he‟d put his hands behind his back and say, „It‟s very nice to see you coming
along‟Nannup 1992:184. The minister did not want to make a relation with Alice. The minister did
not want to greet Alice. He may feel disgusted towards Alice or also other Aborigines. The minister also did not want the whites seeing him and Alice
shaking hands. He may be afraid that the whites would turn back from his church to another church if he was being too kind to Aborigine, who is inferior. The
whites may think that way, because shaking hands meant greeting each other in order to make a deep introduction. It could be a reason why the minister did not
want to shake hands with Alice.
9. Alice in the White
’s Environment
The whites forced Aborigines to speak in English language. The whites did not like Aborigines speak in their language. At the camps where Nor‟westers and
Sou‟westers all mixed in together, people spoke in different languages. Alice picked up quite a bit of South language and Alice used to be able to talk in her
language with some of the Nor‟westers, but in those days, the whites forbid them to speak in their language. “But in those days they didn‟t like us speaking in our
language, we all had to keep to English, and that way they stamped a lot of it out ”
Nannup 1992:85. The black must follow what the white said. They could not speak in their language, but English. The orient must follow the colonizer‟s rule,
and command because the colonizer wanted their race to be the only one known. The orient could not show their true identity like race and culture.
The whites wanted their culture to be the only one existed in their environment at that time. They did not want any mix culture in their place. The
whites thought that because the Aborigine was inferior, so they had to listen to whatever the whites told them. The Aborigine had to follow the whites‟ rules. The
whites did not want the Aborigine to do their habits like when they were still in their hometown, bec
ause when they were in the whites‟ country, it meant they had to speak what the whites spoke, they had to follow the whites‟ rule, and the
whites‟ culture.
10. Alice in Adelaide Terrace
There was a place when Alice used to go. It was tearooms down in Adelaide Terrace. Aborigines could sit there and talk. They could hear everything
that was going on outside. The room was curtained off so the other customer would not know who was behind the curtain. The other reason why the owner put
the curtain is because the whites wouldn‟t come if they see Aborigines there. “But
I think the curtain was put up because white people wouldn‟t come in and eat if they saw us in there.” Nannup 1992:118
Kategori