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Sadie Hazzard
Mother to Sadie Hazzard, Ellie is flamboyant and impulsive. Her decision to move her daughter to the town of Boort—where Ellie has roots—leads to friction with Sadie. Ellie can often behave in a distracted way, overlooking her daughter’s emotions and needs. However, she is also a warm and affectionate mother. Ellie is something of a rebel in the town, given that she repeatedly challenges its social hierarchies, divisions, and taboos. As a teenager, she dated David, an Aboriginal resident of Boort, which the town’s residents frowned upon. She recommences the relationship with David upon returning to Boort with Sadie, further ruffling the townspeople’s feathers. She also confronts Craig Mortlock about his violent attack on David when they were young, an attack that was partly based on discrimination against David. Ellie’s intolerance of injustice, discrimination and prejudice serves as an example to Sadie, who follows in her mother’s footsteps by also calling out the injustices perpetrated by some of the town’ white citizens against Aboriginals.
Ellie Hazzard Quotes in Crow Country
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Chapter 4
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“David and I,” Ellie said in a low voice, “well, we used to go out together.” She glanced about, but there was no one within earshot. “Years ago, before I met your father. But it was - difficult.”
“Because he’s black?”
“Yes, partly. Mostly.”
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Chapter 13
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“Can’t take discipline, though, that’s the trouble,” said Craig. “Brains aren’t wired up that way. Brilliant, quick, amazing skills, but unreliable. Can’t turn up to training week in, week out. No commitment, no discipline.”
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Chapter 15
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“For our people, the land was created long ago, in the time of the Dreaming, when the ancestral spirits moved across the country. They made the hills and the rivers, the swamps and the waterholes. That’s why our spirit ancestors are so important. They make the land, and the land belongs to them, and they make us, too […] round this country, everything belongs to Bunjil the Eaglehawk, or Waa the Crow.”
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Ellie Hazzard Quotes in Crow Country
The Crow Country quotes below are all either spoken by Ellie Hazzard or refer to Ellie Hazzard. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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“David and I,” Ellie said in a low voice, “well, we used to go out together.” She glanced about, but there was no one within earshot. “Years ago, before I met your father. But it was - difficult.”
“Because he’s black?”
“Yes, partly. Mostly.”
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Chapter 13
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“Can’t take discipline, though, that’s the trouble,” said Craig. “Brains aren’t wired up that way. Brilliant, quick, amazing skills, but unreliable. Can’t turn up to training week in, week out. No commitment, no discipline.”
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Chapter 15
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“For our people, the land was created long ago, in the time of the Dreaming, when the ancestral spirits moved across the country. They made the hills and the rivers, the swamps and the waterholes. That’s why our spirit ancestors are so important. They make the land, and the land belongs to them, and they make us, too […] round this country, everything belongs to Bunjil the Eaglehawk, or Waa the Crow.”
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