Deadly Unna and Redfern at Night
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The novel, "Deadly Unna?" By Phillip Gwynne and the poem "Redfern at Night" Stephen Clayton both explore the idea of discrimination which exists between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Both texts discuss the racial discrimination which has built up over generations due to the cultural assumptions held by members of both the Aboriginal and white communities and examine the tension which exists between the Aboriginal and white communities. This tension ultimately leads to conflict between the two races. Both texts show how the lack of understanding between two cultures creates a basic distrust between blacks and whites and often leads to a tragic outcome. However, the final conclusions of "Deadly Unna" and "Redfern at Night" are quite different.
"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. For example, 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...