No ohne really knows, Cheat Sheet of Law

Download No ohne really knows and more Cheat Sheet Law in PDF only on Docsity! Summary: Very soon they realise that the land is inhabited by the Aboriginals but Thornhill decides that he’ll stay here and make this his land. With the constant visits from Blackwood and a character called Smasher, the family doesn’t feel that alone under aboriginal people. Smasher is very racist. White Neighbors living close to the Thornhills are Sagitty (who is also racist) and Mrs Herring (who is a peaceful woman). After months, the family gets two convict servants assigned to them (Ned and Dan). Because they’re in conflicts with the natives so much they start giving the natives english names. Whiskers Harry, who is a chief and Long Bob. They use the system of “give a little, take a little” introduced to them by Blackwood to keep peace amoung the Natives. As the time passes on tensions build up which result in a big massacre. The whites attack the aboriginals with guns and kill the majority of them… The cause for this attack was, that the natives killed Sagitty and wanted their land back. The story ends with a 10 year time jump, where Thornhill is treated like a king and very rich but lives with the guilt from that massacre. Culture Clashes between the whites: There aren’t just cultural clashes between the white population and the Aboriginal population In the story but there are also Cultural clashes between The white people themselves. As seen on the blackboard. The people on the left side. Are the white people. ThornHill grew up Very poor And had to work for Upper class people To make a living. During this time He is confronted with Many situations that he can’t fully understand as someone From the lower class. To be a little specific: He sees the Gentry people As not human Because of the way they talk and present themselves Isn’t how Thornhill Grew up. When it comes to white people’s culuture clashes It is a matter of In which class you are in this society. Rich people are considered to be more smart and educated. Poor people like Thornhill are people who work for them and are less educated just as Thornhill who Didn’t know how to read or write before his wife Sal taught him. As seen throughout the book the white people have All in all the same values: power and wealth, because they live in a system where this is really important. Historical context: The book is set during the British settlement of Australia. During the time of 1778 and 1823, New South Wales, where the story takes place, was a penal colony of England. It was the first British colony in Australia in 1788. This meant that England sent convicts to settle its new colony. Australia was discovered by James Cook. Of course the land wasn’t free land. Aboriginal people were already living there for many many years. After the American War of Independence, Britain was faced with overcrowded prisons. They had no place to transport their convicts. The first settlement was led by Governor Arthur Philip which consisted of about 800 convicts. It was in Sydney Cove in Port Jackson, also known as Sydney Harbour. Sydney is the place where Thornhill and his family arrive at. By establishing this colony Britain was very smart. These prisoners/convicts landed at a place where they were not imprisoned and could build a new life, after serving their sentence. Just like in our book with Thornhill being a convict servant, many convicts were assigned to free English people. The purpose of this colony was to build a town for more and more people to come. One problem was, that the wildlife was completely unknown for the prisoners. They had no skills on how to get their own food. They had little knowledge in agriculture. The Aboriginal people and the white people soon encountered on non-violent and also violent levels. Understanding each other wasn’t easy because they had different languages. Britain of course wanted to expand their land and this meant taking land away from the Aboriginal people. The Europeans also brought with themselves unknown diseases that killed many aboriginal people. In the colony there was a ticket system. This ticket system was of big importance for the convicts because it meant freedom. “The ticket of leave” was a legal document that would be given to convicts after their master or mistress allowed it to them and that then meant that they were free. To Thornhill it was given to him after a year and then he started to build a life for his family. The story is set in “The Rum Corps” Rum is a liquor that arrived in Australia with the first people in 1788. No surprise that rum became very important because the colony was founded by navy men that came with a navy traditional drink. In early days Rum was imported from India but then it was manufactured and imported locally and soon used as a currency. The problem with rum as a currency was that many workers were paid in rum and, instead of using it to buy the goods and services they needed, they drank it. The colony had a new governor in 1806 (around the time the Thornhill family arrived). When he arrived, he prohibited the use of rum as payment. With doing this he made enemies. For the first and last time in Australian history, the colony faced a military coup in 1808 in order to depose this new Governor. They arrested him and until 1810 there was a military regime in New South Wales. The Hawkesbury River is a very central place in the book. It’s the place, where Thornhill and his family started a new life and claimed that they “owned the land”. The Hawkesbury was already inhabited by the Dharug people also known as “the broken bay tribe”. 90% of The Dharug people were wiped out primarily because of the disease Smallpox introduced by British settlers and because of the violent encounters. The Hawkesbury was primarily settled because of the excellent quality of soil and water supply in the form of the Hawkesbury River. The river provided a link between the settlements, establishing a means of transport by boat and vital communications with Sydney.