It tells the story of a people trapped in ideological folly spawned to solve 'the half-caste problem'. It gives life to those generations of Aboriginal people assumed to have no history and whose past labels them only as shadowy figures.

... in author of the sketch , much of whose silver - fork knowledge is said to England , it is not for lack of ... Grogan , the hotel - keeper , a quizzical personage , en caricature , whose passion is , that nothing shall occur in ...