No Sugar by Jack Davis. Workbook and Online Study page: See  Arguments and Persuasive Language : an essay- writing guide. VCE Students; Keeping up- to- date and ahead: unlock the key to an A+ essay. Ernie Dingo, who performed in many of Jack Davis’s plays, writes: “We are not/ Strangers/ In our own country/ Just/ Strangers/ To a European society/ And it is hard/ To be one/ When / The law/ Is the other.” Jack Davis, Noong- ah, was born in 1. Perth; his mother was taken from her tribe in Broome and reared by a white family; his father, William Davis, was also removed and reared by whites.  Davis grew up in Yarloop, in a big family of 1. According to Aboriginal poet Kevin Gilbert, Davis’s mother displayed grace and courage and a self- sacrificing spirit.  Jack had eight years of education in public schools, then worked as a mill- hand, an engine driver, boundary rider and drover which brought him into contact with the tribal people and afforded examples of the everyday treatment and victimisation of the First Australians. No Sugar received standing ovations when performed in Vancouver and Edinburgh in 1.

The native must be helped in spite of himself”. No Sugar by Jack Davis was first performed as part of the Festival of Perth in 1. Will There Be Another Charmed Series here. Throughout the play, Davis depicts the First Australians struggling to survive in sub- human conditions on an Aboriginal Reserve in the 1.

During the depression, life is particularly difficult for the Munday and Millimurra families who are controlled by apartheid- style policies.  Davis uses a variety of dramatic literary techniques to depict their struggle to survive in a hostile white culture, which treats them as “incompetent savages”. That they often speak in their own language helps Davis draw attention to their cultural differences and their alienation from mainstream culture. Those in a position of power and authority treat the First Australians with contempt and do not provide humane and decent opportunities for them to improve their sub- standard living conditions.  They believe that these “blithering stone age idiots” need to be civilised in order to take their place in mainstream, white society. The constant references to dirtiness, laziness, violence, and drunken, criminal behaviour are used by white “civilised” people to reinforce and justify their discriminatory policies. In this regard, Davis explores the consequences of the dispossession of the aborigines which culminates in a farcical depiction of the Australia Day celebrations.  These celebrations place a strong emphasis on the (main) story of the pioneers and overlook the cultural life, spirituality and history of the First Australians. The attitude of the “uncivilised” savage is critiqued by Davis in the play from a variety of perspectives.

Davis focuses our attention on: the stereotypical attitudes of the indigenous “savage” held by those in positions of power as well as by ordinary members of the white community; he shows how these views entrench prejudice; the Seargeant who is of the view that the aborigines are “best left to keep to themselves” reprimands Milly: “Your trouble, Milly, is you got three healthy men bludging off you, too lazy to work”. Guilford Road because he “wouldn’t be able to go out and leave his wife home alone at night” (1. Aboriginal Australians to earn a decent and honest living and to counter these stereotypes; the hypocritical attitude of those in power who exploit the First Australians in convenient and contemptible ways. Note at the beginning the reference to the 3. Moore River Native  Settlement. Real- life hardship of Indigenous Australians. Jack Davis opens No Sugar with a scene depicting typical daily life on an Aboriginal Reserve in 1.

David and Cissie Millimurra play cricket with a “home- made bat and ball”, Jimmy sharpens an axe “bush fashion” and Joe reads the newspaper “falteringly”. Life is rudimentary, difficult and makeshift but they are spirited and resourceful. Joe’s inability to read fluently reflects the First Australians’ struggle with the language of the dominant culture – a struggle that Davis would suggest dooms them to second- class status. Although their literacy levels are poor, the government is reluctant to provide them with a decent education.  (As Mr Neal suggests when the Sister wants to start up a library, “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” (9. Additionally, the children struggle with racism at the Northam school (note the reference to the apples.) “The ding always sells us little shrivelled ones (pies) and them wetjala kids big fat ones” (1.

Define savage. savage synonyms, savage pronunciation, savage translation, English dictionary definition of savage. Glee Season 1 Episode 9 Watch Online. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild: a. No Sugar by Jack Davis indigenous West Australian playwright 1985; life for the indigenous peoples in West Australia in 1928 is a struggle for survival.

Furthermore, Joe’s recount of the commemoration of the pioneers as relayed in mainstream news reports captures the dominant White Australian historical narrative that marginalises the history and culture of the First Australians. Davis depicts the Millimurra family as subject to the vagaries of government decrees and its policies of segregation.  During the 1. Aboriginal Australians caught co- habiting with whites in a loving relationship were savagely punished. There were pass laws and curfews. They were restricted from being near any town after sunset on the pain of imprisonment or death. See note on “social context”.)The First Australians hunt for food when they can, because there is no meat; they often have to “barter” for goods and food because their rations are insufficient and they are often not paid for a decent day’s work. They rely on damper and lack sufficient blankets (which contributes to Cissie’s ailment).

Milly discusses the need of patching up the dilapidated tin house which is “colder than the North Pole” hoping that “that old baldy” (the rations policeman) will “cough up with some more blankets”. The language and cultural divide. Jack Davis reinforces the consequences of the government’s harsh, discriminatory policies that indirectly reduce Aboriginal Australians to criminal activities often through no fault of their own.  As Davis shows, it is difficult for them to maintain their cultural life style because of their reduced access to rivers and streams and the changing landscape. Granny cannot grind the jam and wattle seeds (a substitute for bicarb soda) for the damper. Gran remembers gathering a huge bag of seeds, but now the wetjala have cut down the trees and they are difficult to find. (1. And yet, the ration system is insufficient. Screamers Full Movie Part 1.

Their social welfare benefits are considerably less than that of their white counterparts. The Sergeant informs them that there will be no meat as there’s a “bloody depression” on.   Instead, “fat is classified as meat”. They can catch “roos and rabbits”. Joe finds quandongs to eat on the trip back to Northam. Consequently, and despite the Government’s predicted state of “prosperity”, Jimmy has to steal turnips to add to the rabbit stew (2. He has been in jail four times for “drinkin, fightin’ and snowdroppin’” (taking clothes off the clothes lines).   They plan to catch a sheep from Old Skinny Martin’s farm. Injustice: treated as second- class citizens.

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The White man’s paternalistic attitude to the aborigines. The official treatment of the aborigines is based on the premise that as savages they need to be “civilised” in order to become decent and worthy Australians. At the Settlement, Mr Neville spouts the typically paternalistic spin that suggests the natives should be “fortunate” for their shelter and provisions, especially during the continued depression that is plaguing the state.   The whites believe that Aboriginal Australians should live and behave “like whites”.

Mr Neville condescendingly tells them that they should be “preparing yourselves here to take your place in Australian society, to live as other Australians live, to live alongside other Australians” (9. Accordingly, they must “shoulder the responsibilities of living like the white man.

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