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.
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
