BLACK DIGGERS: DEATH

Question 1

EULOGY
… Although his identity will remain unknown to us, we should remember the service and sacrifice that this man, regardless of race….
…. Challenges this stereotypical analogy

Answer 1

“We do not know this Australian’s name and we never will”
“His family is lost to us as he was lost to them. We will never know who this Australian was”
“Whether he was from the city or the bush”

Question 2

GHOST’S MONOLGUE

Answer 2

“Squeezed his eyes out of his skull”
“Felt their weak white lives flow out round my fingers”
“I didn’t get a nice look on life”
“Be here till everyone’s forgotten everything that happened and the dirt can go back to being just dirt”

Question 3

ERN’S INJURIES

Answer 3

“The nightmares”
“I’m always back there”
“Hand’s got the shakes”

Question 4

Tank Stand Tommy

Answer 4

“Buried for three days” “for three days he lay in his tomb”
“Acquainted with death”
“Found himself unable to sleep within walls”