" And at that moment the gin whose face so moved him sprang with a tiny cry upon one of the rocks. Balanced there she looked in quick terror all about her and then, with no sound at all, hurled herself, still clutching the child, straight over the western scarp. It was such a final gesture no one moved for a few seconds, numbed by force of it. And then the white men rushed forward to peer down two hundred feet where they could see some shapeless lump lying still on the lower slope." (Page 70).
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Dorahy's road towards recognition is not an easy one. Not all want to hear about the evening in Mandrana that resulted in the killing of innocent, helpless aboriginals. Or about the child who survived the "leap". So, with no support, Dorahy must battle alone. It is only with strength, courage, persistance and determination, that the mistakes of the past are recognised and the rights of the forgotten acknowledged. As Dorahy goes on, voicing the injustices he is only turned further away by the society that commited the crime. Even those who were once his friends turn a blind eye. The problem is that people are, "happy with things as they are. Change is a threat, a worry." (page 115) Dorahy has great diffuculty accepting this. He cannot comprehend how society is so afraid of the truth. So afraid that their way of life may be disturbed and shaken by the deeds of the past. The men who murdered are now viewed as figures of great pristigue and authority and for it to be revealed that they are in fact cold hearted killers, would mean that too much would have to be changed. Even the people who have been brutality mistreated by these men have no desire of justice. Twenty years is a long time. A lot changes in twenty years. People learn to move on. They learn to let go, something that can be very diffucult to accomplish. Remembering merely means that they must experience they hardships again.