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Clivie is an eleven-year-old Aboriginal boy whom Davidson meets through Ada Baxter. Although Clivie is kind and intelligent, he has a penchant for stealing things and eventually gets in serious trouble. He is separated from his family and sent to a reform school. Getting to know Clivie helps Davidson understand the ways in which schools fail Aboriginal children.
Clivie Quotes in Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
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Chapter 3
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So it was little wonder that children did not want to experience this totally alien and threatening environment. It taught them nothing they needed to know since the only job they were likely to get was itinerant station work, which did not require the ability to read or write. Little wonder that they were termed hopeless, unable to learn, sow’s ears. “Ah yes,” the whites shook their heads in sadness, “it’s in the blood. They’ll never be assimilated.”
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Clivie Quotes in Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
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Chapter 3
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So it was little wonder that children did not want to experience this totally alien and threatening environment. It taught them nothing they needed to know since the only job they were likely to get was itinerant station work, which did not require the ability to read or write. Little wonder that they were termed hopeless, unable to learn, sow’s ears. “Ah yes,” the whites shook their heads in sadness, “it’s in the blood. They’ll never be assimilated.”
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