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Small town mentality - on the first page you see that the town easily gets excited over winning a small award

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Gary Black goes to Arks' store and tries to trick one of the Arks family to say 'Arks'. (First paragraph, page 4)

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“Don’t buggerise with the bloody ball”, (Pg. 3). Buggerise, bloody, and ball, all start with ‘B‘ and is a use of alliteration . The phrase itself makes his character unique and can be easily remembered within the text.

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Bugger (Pg. 3, Last paragraph)

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Only town in the peninsular with aboriginal kids in their footy team

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Nungas are Aboriginals (p. 5)

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Goonyas are White ( p. 5 last paragraph)

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'If  you kicked a goal you got your name in the Peninsula Gazette on Thursday' (p. 4)

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'If  you kicked a goal you got your name in the Peninsula Gazette on Thursday' (p. 4)

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A simile to describe Arks' angry face: it was 'so red you could see it glowing like a tail-light from the other side of the field' (p.5)

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A simile to describe Arks' angry face: it was 'so red you could see it glowing like a tail-light from the other side of the field' (p.5)

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Gutless Wonder ( pg. 9, middle paragraph )

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Gutless Wonder ( pg. 9, middle paragraph )

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Dumby is really athletic and good at football: “dumby kicked eight goals from the half forward flank” (pg 25)

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Dumby is really athletic and good at football: “dumby kicked eight goals from the half forward flank” (pg 25)

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Has no real care for what other people think of him and acts like he doesn’t really care about too much. Like when he’s last one about do the changerooms.
Page 23 and 24)

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Gary Black asked Arks lots of questions about when he played football. (Pg, 14-15)

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he is not really that outgoing. Does not talk alot
≈page 25

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Cares a lot about his appearance especially his hair.

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Cares a lot about his appearance especially his hair.

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Pg 26

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He’s not noticed by many people and just doesn’t have the confidence to go up to people and chat.

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His wife left him

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Arks lost his wife because she left him for the icecream man

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Arks lost his wife because she left him for the icecream man

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Arks was really good at football but hurt his knees and had to stop playing. (Pg. 12)

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He went to multiple grand finals but never won any
‘all those grand finals and not a bloody one.’
page 19

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He is athletic but doesn’t know much about football  (pg. 22)

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He is athletic but doesn’t know much about football  (pg. 22)

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He is not very good at kicking for goal or rucking (Pg. 16, 17, 18)

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“Nukkin ya” nunga way of saying see ya later. (Pg. 25 at the top)

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“Nukkin ya” nunga way of saying see ya later. (Pg. 25 at the top)

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“You betcha we will”
Page 19
“Nukkin ya”
Page 25

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The “ goonyas “ page five chapter one. Is the name for the white fellas

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“gidday Mr Robertson”

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Pickles :)

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Initial thoughts of Dumby red "'No way. Not him. I hate his guts,' I said, and I spat on the ground just to show I meant it." (p.25) Changes his mind on following page.

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Initial thoughts of Dumby red "'No way. Not him. I hate his guts,' I said, and I spat on the ground just to show I meant it." (p.25) Changes his mind on following page.

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The polite way of saying maggot (pg46)

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Self minded

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pg.63

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Sighns that the Mum is taking opioids or some sort of drug to forget about what she’s going through in her relationship 

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Sighns that the Mum is taking opioids or some sort of drug to forget about what she’s going through in her relationship 

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“ Mum can I have one of your little pills “
(Page 84)

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I looked up at the sky. It was as black as squid ink. 

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I looked up at the sky. It was as black as squid ink. 

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pg. 71

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Gets aggressive when he drinks

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Dumby Red’s Sister

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You don’t look okay. You’re as white as a sheet

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You don’t look okay. You’re as white as a sheet

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Pg. 111

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The communities seem to be quite divided by race, as in the whites and the nungas. They seen to be quite separated and out of touch with each other

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Likes Clarence page 124
“I wanted to impress Clarence”

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Tries to talk to Cathy when walking along the jetty to her and cowards out and rushes home.

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Tries to talk to Cathy when walking along the jetty to her and cowards out and rushes home.

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Had boots that were different to anyone else’s 

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Had boots that were different to anyone else’s 

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Maybeee

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“Then in a voice as deep as the graves he dug”

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“Then in a voice as deep as the graves he dug”

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page 100

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Dumby red was his friend and he was sad when he died

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Dumby red was his friend and he was sad when he died