... transferred overseas to fight the war, Davy originally agrees but does nothing to help. This lack of love/mateship is a result of the lack of love given to him as a boy and is a result of not being taught the moral boundaries of mateship. When Davy finally did become aware of romantic love (with Helen), it is a relationship based on lust and ... with their social boundaries and ideals. This physical separation. Interchange between the two is limited to a working relationship. The difference is that a relationship forms between an aboriginal girl and a white boy, Coonardoo and Hugh. Whil...

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