Characters: RACHEL ACKLAND MARIAN, her mother YARED ELPHICK DIANE, his mother ADE, his sister BRETT RICKETSON (RICKO) GLEN ‘TEACHER VOICES [recorded] ‘The play can be performed by four or more actors. ‘The folowing doubles are possib RACHEL/DIANE YARED RICKO/GLEN JADE/MARIANTEACHER, Setting ‘The play takes place in a large Australian industrial city In the present day, between October of one year and tho winter of the next year. r GLEN reads an assignment in a Year 11 classroom. GLEN TEACHER “Young girs coud be taken away from their homes, and put into crphanages, even though they werent orphans, They'd be given a low- {grade version ofa wtite git's education. Then they'd be sent out to work on stations, or in white people's houses in country towns. Tho ‘excuse for this was that thelr own famies ‘couldn't bring them up properly 10 make a place in white Australia. So young Aboriginal ‘women were made into servants. They were separated ffom ther own culture and its traditons, And they were conditioned to think they wore the lowest ofthe low... black, female and unsklled in a whito'man's wort’ Wve got some slides. | photographed some stuf from a few books. Good, Glen. Go ahezd. oR Spock <= AN call sf 1 just setup the projector. on “ARED lands hte miso scholar, caling fr the bat tal re JARED RICKO'S VOICE Here, here! Scott! Scottie, heral Hey, Elphick! Hey, Jered! WARED looks beyond the fence and sees BRETT RICKETSON passing in a van. JARED ‘Shit. Ricko. Hey, it's Ricketson. Ricko! Hey, Rckotys A Property of the Clan YAREDIRICKO 5 RICKO RICKO , g RICKO i RICKO 1 RICKO YARED RICKO art 8 The schoo! bel rings. : RICKO JARED How... does focoscett Youre back, mate, No Im stil up in Surtes, you dropkiek. Didn't you tke it up there? It was choice, mate, The waves, the women, ‘everything. Goin’ off Why'd you come back, then? ‘Cause | thought youse all had to be ready for ‘a boot up the arse. Yeah? Yeah, Saturday night, mate. 'm throwing myself a welcome home, Shit, wey? Im back home. ‘That's nothing to have a party about. Saturdey night atthe Rock. Spread the word. ‘Spread the word? Everyone in the yard's heard ‘about i Res a he How that heap get you to Queensland? ‘Looks like it couldn't get you across town. Sell Ittor scrap, Ricko. leve Siped Into class, girls and boys. A Property of the Clan 3 He leaves as JADE walks towards the fence. JADE Hey Ricko! It's me. Jede. You back, Ricko? Back to stay? See you round. RACHEL and JARED are at the fery whert, city side, with their ‘schoo! bags. RACHEL | YARED RACHEL JARED RACHEL | JARED RACHEL JARED RACHEL. | JARED RACHEL | JARED There's no point arguirg. They don't want me to 90. Why'd you tell them? | just dd, And they said no. Because i's with me? No, Jared. They said you could come along with us. ‘Come where? ‘Camping. We're going up to the Inlet. ‘Since when? ‘Since months ago. | forgot. We sald we'd ‘spend the weekend together before my brother ‘goes overseas, You said you's go? Yes. ‘Shit, Rachel. Why?r 4 A Property of the Clan A Property of the Clan 5 RACHEL Because | Ike Philp. And hell be away Yor JARED. Whatif Tray wesnt invited? a en sere 2) JARED You lke me, Dor't you? JADE She's been invited. RACHEL No, | hate the sight of you, you dag. Come JARED Bullshit, wath us, ie JADE She has. Scoties asked ner | JARED With your Mum and Dad and them? ij YARED Scott Abbott's a bloody litle root-at. H RACHEL Well, with me. We dont have to be with them | eee i ADE — He told her he likes her! And she really tes | YARED —Ricko's my best mate. It's going to be mega. Tao fim i Everyone's acing. i JARED And she’s a moll, A fusken- | JADE artves with her schoolbag, i She swings at him with her schoolbag. YADE Where? Where, Jered? YADE Don't swear at me. I'tell Mum. YARED None of your business. —_— JARED Yeah? Well frst you el her you went to go nnn the Surf Ciub Saturdey night, and see what RACHEL Brett Ricketson's pary sho says. Zi-tce, i JADE Oh, that. | know about that, Saturday night at | ‘She swings at him again. He mock-threatens her and she } the surf cub. You going, Rachol? Im going. : gees. ea eae ee | RACHEL You shad’ cal hor at. JADE You sald everyone, Didn't he say everyone? i eee ae JARED Not lite kids, RACHEL | mean Tracy. You calied Tracy a mol. JADE Get stuffed, 1 be there... YARED It's tn. | JARED Get on the feny, Jade, RACHEL It's really off, JADE I'm going if Tracy's going, And Tracy's going. JARED You don't even know her. .