Scene 1 summary By Alexander Hughes

Characters: Maureen

Plot summary: in this scene Maureen is set in her election campaign. She says that "we have a problem.” Saying we're not self-serving enough that's why we have these financial issues and hardships. She tells this at the "Rushton Agricultural and Pastoral Show" to country people most likely following her views" She then goes on a racist rant saying that these foreigners "refuse to sign up for the Australia way of life". Then she goes on and talks about how she doesn't want these multi-cultural people saying "don't show your face around here"

Key ideas or themes: Financial hardship, Us white Australians first and racism/prejudiceFinancial hardship: The financial hardships is shown mid-way through her speech. She says the reasons for us having these hardships is because "we're too decent". Then talking about their second rate schools and not having the same basic facilities as the city people.

Us white Australians first and racism prejudice:The ‘us white Australians first’ and racism/prejudice is talked about at the end of her speech. The 2 themes blend into one as she says that they "refuse to sign up for the Australian way of life" this referring to us white Australians first and that they need to follow us. Then straight after she says "don't show your face around here" talking again about the people who aren't all signing up and acting like white Australians.

Important quotes:Said about Maureen's campaign

"mouth of the Mallee" Pg. 59This showing how the people refer to her as, and most likely meaning that they agree with her saying she's the spokesperson

"Putting Mallee first" Pg. 59This showing the theme us white Australians firstBelow said by Maureen

"We've got a problem here." Pg. 59This is referring to the multi-cultural people and also the financial hardships they are facing

"We're too decent" Pg. 61This is talking about how we are allowing these people who don't "sign up to the Australian way of life” and also how because of this we have finical issues.

"Australian way of life" Pg. 61This is talking about how the multicultural people need to sign up for the life of Australia being highly racist saying that they're multicultural way isn't the Australian way

"Don't show your face around here.” Pg 61This aimed at the multicultural people of Australian and how they aren't "signing up for the Australian way of life"

Scene 2:A coffin is carried across the stage.

Act Two- Scene Three (page. 62-69) By Holly Grinter

Characters:- Dibs- Girlie- William - Julia- Felix- Nugget- Lyle- Maureen- Ashleigh- Farley (dead)

Plot summary:The Hamilton’s and Delaney’s are gathering together at the cemetery for Farley’s Funeral. Dibs is reminiscing about “the happiest” time she ever saw Farley, as they wait for the minister. Nugget and Lyle stand ‘awkwardly’ together, talking about people in the town, and sharing memories of them. Maureen takes the opportunity for a private aside with William and Julia, whilst Felix eavesdrops. Maureen is suggesting to the two that they “better move quickly” if they “want a piece of the action”, meaning a fair share of the farm. Maureen claims her and Lyle “scraped… struggled”, and “worked like dogs” on the farm and deserve it. As they start talking about nugget, Maureen reveals that Farley “took advantage of a nineteen year old girl.” Julia and William had no knowledge of this and that it is “bullshit” and he defends Farley by saying he “was a man of ridged morality,” which I out of character for William. When the minister arrives, Felix speaks to Nugget, and Nugget tells he was told, “be brave” when his mother died and it was never spoken of ever again after that. Felix also discovers that Nugget doesn’t know that Farley is his real father.

Key ideas and themes:- Relationships rekindling - Relationships breaking- Financial hardships

Important Quotes: “I wish you could have known him then” – said by Dibs to Julia about Farley before he started to suffer from Alzheimer’s

“He never wanted to be a farmer” – Farley never wanted to farm

“We all got trapped into doing things we didn’t want to do.” –Said by Girlie

“He’s not even in the ground yet.” – Maureen paying no respect to the fact they are at Farley’s funeral

“Nuggets been working on him pretty hard.” – Maureen believes nugget was convincing Farley to give the farm to him. “Well, he’s the only farmer on your side of the family. And then there’s that other business of course.” – Maureen explaining the reasons as to why Farley would give Nugget the farm, as well as revealing Farley’s secret.

“Nugget was born on the wrong side of the blanket” – said by Maureen to William and Julia.

“Our father was a man of rigid morality.” – William defending his father which is out of character.

Scene 4 - Georgia Turnbull

Characters:

• Dibs• Julia• Nugget • Girlie • Lyle

Plot Summary:

Farley has recently passed away. Both Julia and Dibs are allocating and sorting through his

material items. Dibs states that she wished Julia would've stayed with Hamish, Julia attempts to

defend herself by stating that he is indeed a homosexual and likes men, although Dibs states that

she just didn't try hard enough - intending that the failure of Julia's marriage is all her fault. The

conversation topic is quickly changed when a statement made by Julia revolves around Nugget's

parents. This is breezed off by Dibs and when Julia continues to peruse her on the matter - Dibs

turns around and lashes out to Julia about her decision to get knocked up by someone of Indian

culture. Nugget enters the scene and asks Dibs and Julia to keep Farley’s hat then leaves. The

conversation switches to a topic about the farm and Julia's plans to move back up to Rushton and

begin growing herbs, Dibs shuts down this idea instantly stating that she's made a life in the city

and she has a good job in Multi-Cultural Commission. Julia tries to further convince her mother that

this is a good idea, but fails. We then have a quick scene shared between Girlie and Lyle where

the topic of conversation is whether or not Girlie can chuck out a pair of Lyle's torn turfs. We then

return to Julia saying that William should not try to be convincing Dibs to sell the farm because his

supposed idea of opening a vineyard is that of an idea of Kevin and that William knows nothing

about grapes do the idea should be deemed as pointless. We finish the scene with Dibs saying

that Farley was a good man and that they shouldn't be throwing hate at him.

Key Themes:

Relationships -

• Julia and Dibs mother to daughter relationship is established and is shown to be fairly normal but

Dibs ignorance is proven to be an issue

• How Julia thinks of William - clearly shown to not be good

• The ignorance of Dibs with the relationship between Nugget and his currently unknown father

Inheritance -

• The idea of what's happening to the farm is tossed around again in this scene

Prejudice -

• Dibs' ignorance is shown yet again when she refuses to accept the fact that Hamish is gay and

that's why Julia and his marriage ended

Important Quotes:

"People do cope with all sorts of difficulties in marriage." - Dibs, Page 69, Act 2, Scene 4

"Maybe you just didn't try hard enough." - Dibs, Page 69, Act 2, Scene 4

"He had a father." - Julia, Page 69, Act 2, Scene 4

"Well, your Indian boyfriend obviously doesn't feel the need to take any responsibility." - Dibs, Page 70, Act 2, Scene 4

"The land is not Nugget's to give away." - Dibs, Page 70, Act 2, Scene 4

"He was a good man, your father. Don't sling mud at him now." - Dibs, Page 71, Act 2, Scene 4

Scene Five Rhian LlewellynCharacters:

- Maureen- Ashleigh- Brianna- Lyle- Girlie

Plot summary- What happened in this scene?Brianna is helping Girlie hang out the washing. Lyle is plaiting a whip and listening to the races on the radio. Maureen and Ashleigh enter. Maureen saw Father Kelly at the shops and asked him what he was doing at the concert. Lyle butts in rudely and tells his daughter (Brianna) to shut up. Maureen and Brianna are talking about Father Kelly about how he whistled ‘Ramona’ last year. Ashleigh doesn’t want to go to the concert but Lyle aggressively comments she has to. Lyle is only irritated because he wants to listen to the races on the radio. Girlie comes into the scene and tells Maureen they have had a visit from the Bailiff (the bank served the Delaney’s with an eviction notice). This links in with financial hardship. The visit from the Bailiff is from Lyle putting the house up as security. Maureen is frustrated and annoyed that she married a ‘hopeless piece of trash’. But Girlie backs up her son up. Key ideas or themes?In this scene it show financial hardship, relationships of Maureen vs Lyle and GirlieFinancial hardship

- Lyle putting the house up as security- The three-tonne seeder Lyle brought off Jack Cummins- Tractor- Receive a visit from the Bailiff (the eviction notice)

Relationships (Maureen vs Lyle)- A brutal marriage between Maureen and Lyle

- Have no respect for each other as both of the characters call each other rude/nasty names and comments

- Maureen calls her husband a, ‘hopeless piece of trash’ and ‘useless idiot’- Girlie backs up her son saying, ‘He’s doing his best’

Important quotes:- ‘I’m married to a hopeless piece of trash’- ‘What a useless idiot’- ‘Shut up, will ya?’- ‘He’s doing his best’- ‘You hopeless bloody loser!’

SCENE 6 By Brooke Peters

CHARACTERS IN THIS SCENE:-Dibs

-William

-Nugget

-Farley (mentioned)

PLOT SUMMARY:In this scene, William and Dibs find Farley’s last will and read through it to find that Farley had left Allandale to Nugget. When Dibs finds out, she rips up the will, and when Nugget enters, trying to find the will, both William and Dibs act as though they never found it. Dibs tells Nugget that the farm is not is and the sense ends with Dibs confirming her point by stating that Nugget “isn’t family”.

KEY IDEAS/THEMES:Ownership

-Dibs and William don't want the farm to go to Nugget, despite Farley’s wishes

Relationships

-Nugget and Farley’s “father and son” relationship is shown in this scene as Nugget is the only person Farley told about the new will.-Williams Jealousy of Nugget and Farley’s relationship is shown through his very racist defense of being Farley’s only son.-Dibs alienation/isolation of Nugget in this scene shows that she thinks of him as “a daily reminder of Farley’s weakness with Joyce”.

Discrimination

-Discrimination is shown through the fact that Nugget is not wanted to own the farm because he is not family and yet he is the one who Farley left the farm to and who works the land the most.

KEY QUOTES:-“This is not Farley’s farm. This is my farm. And I will decide how it’s to be operated from now on”. Dibs, page 75

-“If my Father said there was something in his deal for you then I’d like to know what it is” William, page 76-“It wasn't for you, mate. It was for me”-“Frankly, this fantasy you’ve dreamt up - I find it quite an affront” William, page 76-“He’s not family, He’s not.” Dibs, page 77-“I’m not taking the farm off you.” Nugget, page 76

Act 2 Scene 7, by Imogen Clear

Characters:

- Felix- William- Julia- Dibs- Nugget (mentioned)

Plot Summary

Julia has just previously found out that her father, Farley, had sex with an Aboriginal woman. She’s talking to Felix about she was only 19 years old whilst Farley was in his 40's. Nugget walks past agitated after looking for the now torn-up will. William thinks Nugget is going to hang himself in the shed, like Norm did. William is in denial that Farley had sex with Joyce and he doesn't want to believe that he is Nuggets father. Felix has realised that William only cares about his vineyard, and he is trying to con Dibs into selling the farm. They then have dinner and William is being very judgmental towards Felix being vegetarian. Julia tells him he sounds like his dad, Farley.

Key Ideas or Themes

Prejudice - William talking about Felix being a vegetarian - Julia about Farley, and how he is another white man who couldn't keep his dick in his

pantsDiscrimination - Julia automatically assumes that Farley didn't actually love Joyce and just thought

he raped herRelationships - Julia talking about William hating Farley all his life William denying that Farley is Nugget's dad Julia talking to Felix about how Farley was in his 40's and Joyce was only 19

William and Felix don't really get along

Important Quotes

1. "Just another white man who couldn't keep his dick in his pants." Julia about Farley, page 77It's important because Farley is Nugget's dad, and originally she thought he raped Joyce.

2. "He's adjourned to the shed. His grief is more intense than ours." William about Nugget, page 77It's important because after Farley dies, Nugget is very upset about it, but William is not, as they never were very close or had a good bond. He is saying Nugget's grief is more intense than ours because Farley was his dad. He thinks Nugget is heading to the shed to kill himself like Norm did.

3. "You hate him. You've hated Dad all your life." Julia to William about Farley, page 78It tells the audience a bit more about William and Farley's relationship and William's feelings towards Farley.

4. Julia: "It'd be good if you could be a little less judgmental." William: "Why?" Julia: "You sound just like Dad." Julia to William about William and Farley, page 79It’s important because Farley always judged William for being gay, yet William is judging Felix for something as small as being vegetarian.

Act 2 Scene 8 By Thomas Butters

Characters: Lyle (Dibs, Julia, Will and Felix are mentioned in the scene)

Plot Summary: In this scene, Lyle and his family are dealing with the aftermath of being evicted

from their family home and are forced to seek refuge with the Delaney’s. Lyle also talks about

giving the Delaney’s an extra hand around the farm.

Key Themes: Some of the key themes and ideas that are present throughout the scene include

troubled relationships, financial hardships, and also the feud between Lyle and Nugget E.g. Lyle

believes he is the only good farmer in the family.

Important Quotes: “Since Farley’s… passed away, you’re gonna need a farmer. I’d be willing to

help you out.” This quote reinstates the fact that Lyle thinks that he is the only good farmer in the

family.

Act 2 Scene 9 Jack Rayner

CharactersWilliam, Dibs, Ashley, Felix

Plot SummaryIn this scene, the Hamilton’s go back into the kitchen while the Delaney’s unload the truck. William

is indignant but Dibs points out that she cannot see her sister and the rest of the family without a

home. Felix enters to tell them that there is now a plague of mice and he is horrified when one runs

up and his trousers leg. He screams as he knocks it to the floor. Dibs scornfully tells him to control

himself as she stamps on the offending mouse.

Key themes

Relationships between the Delaney and the Hamilton family, it shows how close they are.

Quotes

William - “I work hard for the money I earn. These people are parasites” Pg 81

William does not conceal his contempt for the Delaney’s.

Scene 10 By: Lochie Filipovic

Characters:

AshleighBriannaLyle

Set in Farley’s Bedroom

In this scene Ashleigh storms in expressing how much she hates spending time at Allandale. Lyle and Ashleigh continue to argue as Brianna intervenes to settle Ashleigh but Ashleigh only gets more frustrated ultimately leading to her snapping at her dad labelling him as a “f****** loser”. The scene concludes with Lyle going to smack Ashleigh across the face but fortunately he contains his anger before he hits her.

Financial HardshipThe struggles of Lyle are highlighted by Ashleigh as she believes he is the reason for all their problems. Ashleigh then makes her father’s stupidity a focal point by saying “Even a baby knows you don’t borrow money when you’re up to your eyeballs in debt”. Lyle knows the problems he faces and is aware of his situation.

RelationshipsThe scene only being an argument, shows the agitated relationship Lyle has with his daughters and the struggles of the Delaney family. Although Ashleigh seems to be upset, Lyle shows no sympathy or support as a compassionate father would. Towards the end of the scene Ashleigh abuses her father by swearing at him, this almost leads to a physical alteration. Their actions towards the end of the scene summarises their relationship and the brink of domestic violence that they are on.

DiscriminationIn scene ten discrimination comes through subtly as Ashleigh labels William as a “poofter”. This shows that on the farm derogatory comments are thrown around like any other word. Surprisingly Lyle doesn't support her comments towards William and tells her off, this ultimately leads to the argument. This also shows the changing personalities of Lyle.

Scene 11 By: Jack Keen

CharactersFelixJuliaLyle Maureen

Themes and RelationshipsThemes such as racism and prejudice are displayed in this scene. Julia and ‘city boy’ Felix are two characters that are in this scene. They are both seen and portrayed as the more open minded characters within the play and their views compared to characters such as Lyle and Maureen are brought out in this scene. Racist and ‘obnoxious’ opinions on Aboriginals and the character Nugget are shown by Lyle and Maureen within the scene and Felix and Julia intelligently disagree and put Lyle and Maureen on the spot. Maureen displays clear similarities with Pauline Hanson’s poetical views in this scene.

Felix and Julia Hamilton really dislike Maureen and Lyle Delany and their relationship with each other are shown in this scene. Lyle and Nugget have a bad relationship with each other and Lyle is shown being discriminative towards Nugget in this scene. Felix and Julia back up their family member Nugget when in a fight with Lyle. Felix and Julia also have a verbal argument with Maureen within this scene about Aboriginals and their relationship and differences are evident.

Quotes:

Lyle - ‘he started to get a bit big for his boots, ol’ Nugget.’‘Trouble is, he’s got bid ideas’‘If he never comes back, that’ll be too soon’

Felix - ‘you can’t accept that an Aborigine’d have ideas.’‘We live in a Ghetto, out here they hate blacks, they hate wogs. They hate brown people.’‘I think I might head back tomorrow. Now the Asylum seekers have moved in.’ Directed towards Maureen.‘your politics are so obnoxious’‘i hope that the people round here don’t fall for your racism and prejudice.’

Maureen - ‘Listen. There is nothing racist about my policies’‘Aboriginals are just the same as we are.’‘they deserve just the same respect as any white person. It’s just the extra privileges they get which make people around here mad.’

SCENE TWELVEJosh Mathew

CHARACTERSGirlie Delaney – twin sister to DibsDibs Hamilton – twin sister to Girlie

PLOT SUMMARYThe scene is set in a kitchen as night begins to fall and Dibs is having an emotional breakdown whilst Girlie attempts to reassure and comfort her sister that she has “done something terrible” and explains how she “tore it up” as she refers to her actions after hearing that Farley changed his will and left the farm to Nugget. Throughout this scene we see Girlie approaching the situation in a

manner that constantly reassures Dibs that her actions were the right thing to do. Once hearing the news that “Farley changed his will” and “left the farm to Nugget” Girlie’s reaction can be demonstrated when she blatantly says “he can't do that” and reassured Dibs once again that “you've given him every opportunity, that kid” as she refers to Nugget. Upon reassuring Dibs that her actions cannot be considered to be bad or shameful we see Girlie say “oh that settles it then. He was tanked to the eyeballs. It's not the act of a rational man” as she refers to Dibs justifying her response through this quotation as she hears that Farley made the will the day after ANZAC day a few years ago. As the scene progresses further steps are taken by Girlie to reassure Dibs and offers the idea that they “nick of for a couple of days”. Through responding to questions posed by Girlie, Dibs passionately exclaims that she would do anything in her power to stop Nugget from having the farm referring to Nugget as being a “bastard son” and concludes the scene by saying “ I am not giving Nugget a single handful of this dirt”.

Key ideas / themes:The themes that are present to the heart of this discussion can be categorised as being a battle for inheritance as well as being a family conflict. The theme in which we see as a battle for inheritance can be demonstrated through Dibs’ final words when she tells of how she stood by him for 38 years and won't honour his dying wishes by giving the farm to Nugget. This scene can also demonstrate the family struggles and relationship that was had between Farley and Dibs throughout the many years of their marriage.

Act 2: Scene 13 Summary Costas Papadopoulos

Characters: Dibs, Girlie, (Lyle)

Plot Summary: Dibs has just completed transferring the property of Allandale to Lyle. Girlie and Dibs express their joy of the decision to each other and agree to tell everyone their decision when they get back to Allandale.

Key Ideas & Themes: Inheritance - Dibs and Girlie accept that Lyle inheriting the farm is the best decision for the whole family. Relationships - Dibs and Girlie's relationship is strong with Lyle. They trust him and figure that by inheriting the farm, it will get him out of his financial trouble. Power - shows the power Dibs has to change who gets to inherited Allandale.Financial Hardship - shows how Dibs and Girlie believe that by giving Lyle Allandale, it will get him out of financial hardships.

Important Quotes: "He's the new owner of Allandale. We did it" page 95, by Dibs; shows the joy Dibs received by giving Allandale to Lyle and that she believes that the right person now inherited Allandale.

"Anything else would have caused too many divisions" page 95, by Dibs; shows that Dibs didn't want anymore fighting in the family and didn't want the family to split.

"This is the best thing that happened to our family for as long as I can remember" page 95, by Girlie; shows that Girlie is very happy with Dibs' decision and also believes that Lyle should inherite the farm.

Scene 14 summary By Magnus Stenford

Characters: Lyle Delaney

Plot summary: Scene 14 shows how Lyle is drunk at night in a lonely paddock. He has a mixture of emotions of being angry at himself, frustrated and escapes these by drinking alcohol. However, this has a negative effect on him and he flips out and throws a complete tantrum. His depressive thoughts are demonstrated when he carves himself up with and imaginary chainsaw. He can’t handle the situation on the farm anymore because things haven’t gone his way financially and in terms of inheriting the farm Allandale. He has lost all respect for his family.

Key themes:Relationships- It shows how his relationships with his wife Maureen and other family members have been broken because he refers horribly towards them.Depression- He is going down the path of the black dog as is clearly illustrated by his loss of hope in life. The alcohol is not doing him any good and could be contributing to how fast he’s going downhill.

Important quotes:“f***ing bank manager, f***ing bailiff, Maureen bloody lend-a-hand Delaney.”-page 88 - Shows how he is rapidly losing respect for his wife and people.

“Oh, God, I’m f***ed.”-page 89 - Illustrates his loss of hope in everything.

“What’s a farmer without a farm.”-page 89 - Still believes he is a good enough, and the only good farmer who could run the farm.

Act 2 Scene 15 pgs 89-90 By: Anthony Pentaris

Characters: Dibs Girlie

Plot Summary:In this scene Dibs and Girlie are enjoying a dinner at a fancy restaurant. Dibs starts expressing her feelings for William, which state that she doesn’t actually like him. It really shows where she lies through the whole proses of the farm being sold.

Key ideas and themes:The key theme in this scene is relationships. We see the way Dibs speaks of William showing that relationships are not always positive.

Quotes:

Dibs:“I would not throw in my lot with that boy, for love nor money.” Pg. 89 -This is important because it expresses where her relationship stands.

“If I told you the God-honest truth- I don’t really like him that much” pg. 90 -It shows that she doesn’t like her son and she is misleading him into thinking that she is going through with William’s plans.

“He always acts like I owe him” pg. 90 -This shows he reasons for not liking him.

Girlie:

“I think it’s time he got over it.” -It shows a sense ignorance and a lack of sympathy towards William.

Scene 16 – Chapter Summary By: Austin Stanley

Characters: - Felix

-       Brianna-       Lyle-       Maureen-       Julia-       Nugget (just mentioned)

Plot Summary:

During scene 16, Felix goes for a walk, in search of Ashleigh. When he walks into the barn, he stumbles across Brianna’s presence and notices she is unhappy. He sits down and comforts her, and they discuss who should become the rightful owner of the farm. Felix makes mentions how Nugget “doesn’t need to own it,” to be the righteous owner, but Brianna states how hard her father works on the land, and this leads her to breaking into tears. Felix caresses her, but to their surprise Lyle smashes open the barn door. He notices Felix “the homo,” hugging her daughter he demands him to “get his filthy hands off her”.  In drunken rage, he cracks a whip across Felix’s body, causing blood to “gush out of his face.” Maureen runs to the barn and orders Lyle to, “Get in the car, and not to come back,” highlighting their poor relationship. As Lyle leaves the barn Maureen and Felix’s mother, Julia rush in and mend his wounds.

 Key ideas/ themes:

- Lyles hatred towards Felix because he doesn’t want someone gay touching his daughter (discrimination)

- Felix thinks Nugget deserves the farm (against racism)

- Maureen demanding Lyle to leave the farm (relationship issues)

 Quotes:

-       “This is Nugget’s country. His people have already been dispossessed once. He has a spiritual attachment to this place”- Felix

-       “I don’t need to own it”- Felix quoting Nugget-       “Get your Filthy hands off her”-Lyle-       “You week little get”- Lyle-       “Why don’t you just shoot me”- Lyle-       “Get in the car and don’t come back”- Maureen

Scene 17: By Tim Davis

Characters:

DibsGirlieLyle is mentioned but is not actually in the scene

Plot summary:

Dibs and Girlie are at the Grand Hotel, Mildura. The two sisters are talking about how amazing their children are and congratulating each other on being 80 years old and still going strong. The two sisters start talking about Lyle and how much they love him and they things that aren't necessarily Lyle's fault. Dibs starts to tell Girlie how she's always had a soft spot for Lyle being oblivious what Lyle did to Felix in the last scene.

Key ideas or themes:

Girlie and Dibs' relationship - these two have always had a good relationship since they have been sisters so they've always had a close relationship.Girlie and Lyles relationship - Girlie is Lyle's mother so they have also got a very tight connecting. Lyle and Dibs' relationship - Dibs is Lyle's Aunty and because girlie and dibs always spend time together, this would make dibs very close to Lyle as well. Relationships

Important quotes:

Dibs: 'Lyles the one that needs a leg up, he's a good boy that one'Dibs: 'He was a dear little kid your Lyle'Girlie: 'his heart’s in the right place'Dibs: 'I got a soft spot for him'Girlie: 'He just needs a little help from Lady Luck. For once in his life'

Scene 18 Summary - Albie SandsCharacters• William• Julia• Ashleigh• Brianna• Lyle is mentionedPlot SummaryWilliam is playing the piano, Julia enters. William asks Julia howFelix is. “Fourteen stitches” on his face. Julia expresses her anger towards Lyle. Ashleigh then enters frantically after just returning home from school, and the others are puzzled as to what has happened to her. Ashleigh tells them what she saw on the bus home. She saw Lyle driving a tractor down the street at “full pelt” towards the bank. He then continued to drive straight into the bank, smashing the glass windows.

ThemesRelationships:Julia shows her hatred towards Lyle. “I’m going to make sure that they lock him up.” She refers to him as an “animal” after what Lyle did to Felix.Even Ashleigh now agrees that “he’s off his face.”Depression:Lyle’s depression has risen to a point where he drives a tractor into the bank. “You want the tractor, I’ll give you the f***ing tractor.”

SCENE NINETEEN By Emily S

CHARACTERS

- Dibs

- Girlie

- Lyly (mentioned)

- Grandma Jessie (referred to)

KEY IDEAS & THEMES

- Inheritance-who will legally inherit the farm?

- Relationships-Dibs and Girlie continue a close connection and both are relived when the papers

are “all legal and proper” and believe that it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to their family.

On the main street of Mildura, Dibs is running toward Girlie all happy and excited waving the “piece

of paper”, screaming to Girlie “I’ve transferred the property to Lyle”. Girlie is very grateful and

proposes that’s it’s “the best thing that’s ever happened” to the Hamilton and Delaney family.

In advance of the official papers benign signed and therefore becoming a legal document Dibs took

action and went to the solicitor, clearing her decisions on who the “new owner of Allandale is”, by

Dibs thinking “anything else would have caused too many divisions” and by creating a new will it

would allow the farm to be “kept in the family”. The solicitor was on Dibs side and convinced her by

saying “It’s always better to make clear decisions while you’re alive, rather than have your children

fight over it when you're gone” in a family with rough family conflicts Dibs preferred doing what’s

right for her family and her by reasoning it’s “Better to hate me, then hate each other”.

Girlie after refers to Grandma Jessie thinking back at what she’d like to happen to the family’s farm

“Grandma Jessie would have approved”. They agreed to have a tossed to Jessie that same night

after they told everyone about the farm staying in the family and Lyle inheriting it. “I can’t wait to tell

‘em”- Dibs

IMPORTANT QUOTES

- “I’ve transferred the proper to Lyle”- Dibs

- “This is the best thing that’s ever happened”- Girlie

- “We’ve kept it in the family” - Dibs

- “Grandma Jessie would have approved” - Girlie

Scene 20: Page 96

Ashleigh and Brianna “in their blue school uniforms” enter the woolshed where they find Lyle “hanging from the rafters”.

The scene end with Girlie and Dibs driving back to Allendale singing “Two Little Girls in Blue”, and “their voices brimming with happiness and hilarity.”

Epilogue Scene Summary By Sammy Dyer

Characters:Felix.Julia (and her baby)NuggetTV Hosts, Commentator and StatisticianMaureen Delaney

Plot Summary:The scene takes place one year later after the play, and opens with Julia, nursing her baby, Nugget and Felix watching the news talk about their family memberMaureen Delaney, talking about her campaign of lending Australia a hand. She then gets asked about her decision to sell the Hamilton family farm. She said it was a difficult decision, but as she puts it "Who wouldn't sell their farm to save their country?" Nugget then asks Felix turn the TV off. That is where the scene ends.

Key ideas:Racism (Maureen's campaign on against other people from different countries to come into Australia and not lend help to Aboriginals.)Revenge (Maureen selling the farm to help get her campaign off the ground, while

Nuggets home is sold and he may never see it again.Family bonds (Of all the family connections that are in the play Nugget and Julia seem to have a fine relationship. Because when the issue of Nuggets future comes up Julia was the one take him in instead of William.)

Important Quotes:Commentator: "Now we've all heard the reports that you’ve had to sell the family farm…Was that a hard decision?”

Maureen: "Allandale has been in our family for five generations. So of course it was a hard decision. But who wouldn't want to sell their farm to save their country?"

Nugget: "Turn it off, will you?"