James Moloney Gracy

Gracey is the second in James Moloneys contemporary trilogy that deals with a range of issues approach native society. In this text, Gracey finds herself confused to the highest degree her identity, caught between the worlds of her Aboriginal background and the Anglo-Saxon environment of her exclusive boarding schooling. Graceys family has recently relocated to the outback towns pile of Cunningham, til now she feels estranged from the community.Graceys school friend, Angela, has come to visit and seems intrigued by Cunningham, however Gracey is impatient and embarrassed by her home. bigoted of younger brother Dougy and the prospect of effect yet another single Aboriginal mother in Cunningham, she is eager to fall down to Brisbane. Gracey lives and acts white. Dougy meanwhile uncovers a people grave of aboriginal bones in the small town, prompting an outrage by the local black community.They wish to cultivate the land and demand answers surrounding the conclusion of these me n. Gracey too becomes enthralled by the mystery, researching green goddess killings of Aborigines. She is shocked by her discoveries but becomes perfervid for the first conviction about her people and her heritage. When Graceys mother dies, she returns home to Cunningham and assumes the maternal role, taking care of her two brothers. Raymond, her fourth-year alcoholic brother, drinks all of his social surety money, leaving the family penniless.He is aggressive and lost. Dougy has also become more apathetic, spending much of his time roaming the town foraging through rubbish. As a result of the discovery of the peck grave, the Aborigines in Cunningham participate in a protest march which results in Raymond and Dougy existence thrown into the watch house overnight. This is Dougys first brush with the law, however Raymond has washed-out many nights in the town jail. hopeless and depressed about his future, Raymond hangs himself in his cell.