... Well Aboriginal Reserve are situated. On the other side of the stage "is the Moore River Native Settlement" which is where the Superintendent's office and the Millimurra tent is set. The space on stage works well to show power relations between the two cultures in the post colonial context. The white authority held obvious positions of power, such as the Chief Protector's Office, which works to segregate the Aboriginal people. On stage, the areas of white authority and dominance are placed on the margins of the stage. It is in these places that the Millimurra family is restricted, oppressed and marginalised. The Aboriginal encampment is situated at the forefront of the stage, thus becoming the visual focus. It is only in these areas, where white authority is not dominant, that the Millimurra family is able to celebrate their culture which was considered inferior. This privileging of the Aboriginal culture through ...

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