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Jubbal (Ed Devereaux) tells Peterson (Konrad Matthaei) he will not return to Cooper’s Creek. Peterson calls him a coward.
Curator’s notes
This passage is a strong criticism of narrow-minded ideas about Indigenous culture and beliefs. Peterson is dismissive of the curse placed on Jubbal and expects Jubbal to think the same after having been raised and educated in the white man’s world. Jubbal’s conflict speaks for the many thousands of Indigenous children who were removed from their families and brought up in white society. Collectively these people have become known in Australia as the ‘Stolen Generations’ (see First Australians – Episode 5, Unhealthy Government Experiment, 2008).
