... "Deadly Unna" and "Redfern at Night" both examine the divisions which exist between the black and white communities, inevitably leading to discrimination. The Aborigines in "Deadly Unna" are separate to the whites in many instances in the novel, due to the cultural differences and their position in society. ... the novel is set in recent times on a peninsula in South Australia. Blacky and his family live in the 'the Port' where the whites, or Goonyas, live. Dumby lives out at 'the Point' with the Nungas, the Aborigines. Both communities lead a very separate and different existence. Even...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate