os | Tp Foreword (ne prpoe of indigenous thea to wit ono the public econ ected ‘rfp ores ony of hes sari sare in ur ol tartingtradions and hve been ‘pasted down tough esto rive today tela ~ sore of te people Teste bas become a rossver point where hese sari are made pubis expressed to demonstate ou sory. (One handed yarag Indien servicemen voneee oh rhe sew formed couse alle Austra. Though theconttton a his ees ‘ald cout di ot ecopie tem actin tigers men goed {nd ougtn Pls the Sorane, Gaia, ander id ond eery mor Ito uring what would ecaledeGrest War Dept ied vaca sanding appaling lig condons sad lack afharan righ Indigenous men trite Wt the seas of elon and avenue” Was he et hat the ‘ely int AIP (Auta eral Pres) do way of wise ‘eeognng ther Inlenourickground ad hence ried al sles he ‘ame sighs Or wnt eae of prion na coy tha feed enewed hope fr change? (ver one thousand Indigenous me out side ys withthe white ‘outymen and foged bonds tha would sow the ed ofthe morn Wien contracting hi pice of theatre we ware cnfontd by the soemity ofthe athe cater proc the military recrd tefl ne — 0 me ‘Mote road sceptane out In post spared South Af dre ‘rth and Reoneltion Comino here war aut part def of ats + Resor trath— thethingyou elev tobe tre + Soci uth — wharagraup Bebe a be tie though ceuson and dete ‘eves ath ~ the th it ca be proven hough since and records + bic truth —the ale atl the tah forthe reer good Stories ave come‘ ts throgh erie wih ly members soaring the ficial record ecole anal nd retench and our own ‘satires we beve them lt have egal ae od th ck Des honours the menos of these men ad thle aes ‘nd throgh hem detonate the log ster of atonal ere 8 aration publ ie by Indigenous Astrane Me fallow numb of ‘ Tove ie ak Digger Ton Wight treet character journeys asd on rea ie eens a agente view of history ike the sesock experienc of thse in war rapments of try nae wth emotional responses, There are 6 sees bok if ie parts + Pre Naton — ection onthe was ad experience of nigenou people elorenatioatiood = Balitment— the proces of indigenes men gnng sp +The Theat of Wir — the stares from the oo reported in journal eter, ‘til ecard andor ory * The Return — thee of twig andthe expecttions of bth the men ‘vba retred and those they wereretursng to + epiy — what hasbeen bla or at “Taiavtadon sto scum the oie nd ilo the characters coe ‘hey ourey tough Ihas been grat honour to wrkon his rjc with such diated and insight rap of ontbters. There mach elon ‘nd therels mach we can ever Knob sharing ese bs wy er ‘allo know mere ry now a sory of ndigenoas sec in Woad War Tochavea photo oa ple of epemers, please contac the Australian Wat ‘Mem ana resode. Ase commemorate the certenry of Word ‘ie theeworrbecome even mores et We ore. Wesey nochmrs eeeesaeeeeeeeeeeesaneseeeeeeeeaaeeaeT Ie Introduction yng owe shout ur istry iaaye a fight exer. Questions ep totheinad over aod ons aga: Whorehisory tha? And who ow 2 Bat When st ef ore oa the nersection of big national ye nd prfound Thome in Indigenous experince, then the exer potentials miei iyo ogee over apt analy. inet hijo with shat to go before reese ogan Research the wet srr phone books lndeé on my des, andi Becnne ey cleat thathere iso one eta Backesperence of WW. eis om tml to fan fom community 0 crm, om individual to indi One Yeag an cold walkin erating al, nk, eve dcver brothrhood With ite mates who hd reas fere him and come hare with Urns new pride, Tat sume hidhood Gea ight encounter cay thereon a elatnen erie, and aerarde, One county wn ght Ignore lack servicemen at ANZAC dy wh eto oe the hl would ‘ite crevice. And fcouse, tayo he Iden servicemen Dever area, ng stim range uta mad onthe oer siete word Wena desde to nat tal names in thi podicton. inc of a8 ‘onan an fies bese fd mth Bot al he enn Black Digerarebaedongensne moment eal menor cde doce sxpunes deletes tobe atch gulf the pat presestinga ya short herp enn afte hae t's fering fom lho Pairing ter pre Asian mys bout wa (Ut my be fr aoe ine td plc) 1s sto puting lack as bck in aout. ‘Mach thank to Dr, Di Wiliams and Louse Gough. nto Aboriginal eer sommes for allowing men ask Digersby Tm Wight ‘Tom Wright Tee Weight stared a2 member of Bari Koay gat ater te wl ha Karr Mane Mene inthe it ty He as wrest tn ctor and etre Melbourne Teste Company STCSA, Spey Thee Compay, Pay ta Mars, Company BAe Mee Mens, el Shakespeare Compr Chany More lack Swen Sate Theatre Copy, Counter Made Oper andthe Addie, Sys sinbarh, Vena Perth and Melboure esl, ew Ari Aasoct Sydney Ture Company 204-2008 and Asoc Dect of ey Teste Campa 208 201, eh writen a aunter of plas aptatons, incaing A owrna ofthe Plague ear The Caycsin Chak re, The Cate, Ub, Thi Tra Soy Le, Mode, The Lat Eh, rol th al Kat) ae Fro he Ve Wode, ‘he Misenhp, The Woe of roy. The War ofthe Roses, The Dl, Bal Optom, Oreti,On the Moncton of dps and The Miso Te ‘ao verona is ply Lore wan the Gold Dean sd (Bish Radio. ‘eidemy) and BRC Ratio Dra vad, 207, Hs daptton of vide ‘etme, The Lost Eko won five Heian aad in 2007, cing Bast iy: His adapaion of Shales’ story pa The War ft Ros, ‘won st lpn in 209, lacludng Be Prodan A lob Tate Pablisation :Pm aeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeaeeesveee eee Ip Acknowledgements ‘Aston Pedersen, Annie Stion,dnzac Centenary Advisory Boar Aunty ‘er Kooinate, Australian ie Memon eves Beane Feta Cerrgewors City of jae Aboriginal and Tere Strat er Adbry Panel Cie Fighe,De Dad Willan, Departs of Veteran Ais, lube Rechnews,Fbjenne Cooks, FlandasFels Museum, Yc Garth ‘OConne Gary Only Hs Excelency Ptr Renu, Begun Ambasedor to Austral (208-2013), nope Milhouse, Josephine Reg, ala Norwood, Kim Spink: Lise Googie Mare So, Malan MeCarhy, Maret Bendman, rk Stupeon, Micke Rove, Lore aby, National Archie of Australia National Indigenous Tevstan (NITY). Nol Stun, lip Scet, Posior Riad White, Queensland Peorming Art Cent, ‘aula Schools (Meninge Are School oa Bdwood High Scho), hod Roberts Roby Arche Roald Bigg, Sam Vanoverschdie St ary of [NSW State iar of OLD, Sey Opera House, Travis Cardona, Univers of Syne Wim Oporock ak Digby Ton Weg First Production Details Blak Diggers was fest produced by Queensiand heave Company ad ney Fert nd preseated by Sney Fei in aslo wth The Balaaes etn pening erm hee ny Op on DIRECTOR Weley Enoch SET DESIGNER Stephen Crt (COSTUME DESIGNER Raby Langlon-Daty LIGHTING DESIGNER Bea Hoghes (COMPOSERISOUND DESIGNER TenyBrempion ‘DRAMATURG Toute Gough CULTURAL CONSULTANT George Bock RESEARCHER Det Wiians cast Lake Cart Georg Bosock Devil Page Hane ape-Lochard Gay Sion Cala Sat lah Waego Meyse Wyatt an Wes BLACK DIGGERS INDIGENOUS REFERENCE GROUP ‘acl Harry Ale Profs Ls Jahon Pec AM Disc uggins AM AHA Pastor Ray Minnecon ‘Gaye {Garth Conn Calin Waego A Pia There Pion .ase Ie Notes le le nignoa ctor os Wright ak Dig Ton Wight Black Diggers ACT ONE 1887, Bellenden Ker, Queensland. Dashes The sound of Astral. Gunfire. Confacon Screaming runing howe onder. Shouts, sermuee “Te resthave gone, ager i BOUNDARY ‘RIDER "Tey wos be back Smeane ee problem nor sermien ‘What ht ite, neo tm il aire STOCKMAN In that hampy Na the ober one sermuen (Oh ht dor ll ne i Mody pani estar. man comes ve with aterm STOCKMAN "Frais. oy. BOUNDARY RIDER Junto something to shat month and eae et he ope wory su STOCKMAN Tot tinged thi sere ‘ou werehapoy enought fl meter bak th pats, STOCKMAN Now hat iret nd you know BOUNDARY RIDER ‘What do you do with an abandoned af? STOCKMAN Wal tat dependson the bein quan. A Pld Tht Pbeton BTAXIDERMIST STOCKMAN ‘TAXIDERMIST BOUNDARY “TAXIDERMIST 1 wat to bebackin nil by non, we dt hae tine 1 lap sre ty ound, Pt eo he round takes out stg. tert ter. Wout inthe ame fesse ing oa? The SETTLER ves Pcaniny: Profosor His mother scene have dead. ‘What are ou ging do with i? “Tha wha we were debating ‘The TAXIDERMIST pics the ch wp. 1 ont hath debate [Looks tthe i is arm Rabo ta, Ul Per pce. And Tees clients le. all aes ap ie Fhe ‘aby Looky ac om the end ony oa knew He sings gly a fos ayo soothe he bay Jing ‘the hymn mer move ares the pace and reese, sting on he ground Thm Wilt SCHOOLMASTER SCHOOLMASTER HARRY'S MATES RETIRED SCHOOLMASTER HARRY MATES SCHOOLMASTER HARRY RETIRED SCHOOLMASTER ‘HARRY RETIRED SCHOOLMASTER Alas DigeryTom Wight 1914. Somewhere on the Gwydir. dew lake with atk wale pas them, bt cant lp Wmsel, decides to give hem a car dont kor hove you flows can t.. teo you ‘cide Thee re mamentoos eens cpg te wo ike what se? (Ob come on Harry rly ne — What vet? Weert ref pese Wd an id, eat bear syn Wagers ‘Aur that cold easly thet ht ight and rs, svat al Wheret ‘Oh ina iat ands, many as over the horn Nabe? artes thn tht yen A Pla Bare Paton 1irrrereeeeeeeeesee ee eeeeeas Ip eviRED SCHOOLMASTER SCHOOLMASTER Oh, Cossburban arope oglu. And inthe Ota Epi Pst ever aboot ‘Wel you mh thik boat i You younger che might think about Whee your dates might be Wha soc fen you want be Think abos what might ean, Atewahes of Mabommedan Tus or cspng ari sange brated Han obersan ur country imposing Ah feign way inerring with or wore Imi he ros fat it wold bei ie were os and yo vale up one moaing and ad sal unde occa Yeah magne ‘They gh The ol blk moves om mtr under hi eat: The jo hi, mihi tft bt on of them has abas-dram thelr parade of miniry beams ralingmarch Tom Wight ok Diggers To Wight ‘Sons OF The Souther Cow? They sng Therapie ‘And olden ute ow at Io as sot of Souther Cros (Coe nd et rte Ausra bos dnt shirk or far Sono the Souther Coos ‘Web hr! ‘The dea fades th san they resume pstions. Alea Tat Pabeaton vHaney HARRY -ERN, B08, NORM HARRY HARRY'S MATE HARRY 1914. ere rey is? ery ing en ow Buty? Bugged if we kaon None knows what alba Actually ee as bee lang bl up fon sero the ‘cotinent of Europe, and wide ngs of tors insti ‘merit ne, ve een ing sear ‘of plomat mp for some tine Mack f tan be tc bcktothe aro uropeo ech a setlemen er the ver betwen Praia ag race abot ety yas apn Ine the Aust Hunpren and Otoman Exp the hve een Independence moremens frm ssl atonal that ive sb ved ites ander ions ke sed ‘estat oleae enc or snp tosis coi ‘exprsion Some mad Balkan toni ht he Asian “Enpeor nephew and Aust wen wehen Sri tired nobis haviagbeen en antic deere lsigne inf th station. The Germans appre them Because of ety ging ack thy yas, Ad the tee ‘atonal hd eso goin rte then nda ‘trails, Soin the end what we sei tection fracas in otietl Eaop tha hive been, ‘oti for vero cacades, ‘Yeah, no-one os wht its abo The Become sta primates nan intethcentary muscu, Tm Wii Blak ger by Tom Wh 1895, Australian Museum, Sydney. A youn baying taken hough e mac The actor lye suid ott urns Roy (sicey ook ithe found someting ‘TAXIDERMIST Andis own gels Nigel rom Ai Hip eset al the way fn Zana whaler ct of is ‘Sl hadto mate the rest pm davigsinbocks See how ve mount isu ewan teal? ioe Inhea man? TTAXIDERMIST Noh on ape Butthead os. NIGEL ‘Am ehtedtoyou? TTAXIDERMIST Ofcouse Nigel Thisisan alarm gion ice Hovarewe ated? ‘TAXIDERMIST —imyour fer Nice ‘No imeanboware we elite he pet CTAXIDERMIST ne gothee were no apes and there vere n en here vere cree tha ook something ikea small monkey hough And some gradually overtime became apes, ac eth ged aed one tthe 2o0 renee Nigel? ‘Ad ike tat gran this bon And ome began o ‘walk on wo eg and te guage and tol andes the Fee Prbyterian church an earn airy and ter fl ice. athe what happend omy aboigne pene? TAXIDERMIST You now that ile man. They de Nica How i they at A Pla Tht Pubeton »ie ‘TAXIDERNIST NiGeL ‘TRADERS Nice ‘TANIDERMIST ‘DeMDERMIST Nic ‘TAXIDERMIST ‘Te you ne dey Look, a chimpanse Tey ae out doe ins Wy ot not Because ote not dy ye Ready foe wha? “The world~ he bigges rom up wed — a completed iil place. You shoal eo every ment your cldhood Plenty oft the truth er, a they ial ‘Wrong pce athe wrong tine, le ‘Yes Bu plese dont tl our othe ta you that, erty ce Dat at sda has neni He ok a thei wh are sil hen hy roar and ua at hi. Hef, ang the ther okt pu Thre of thom har empty laser seven emp pockts To Wie 08 NORM Rw os ‘NORM Black Digby Tom Wright 1916. Boundary Hote, Brisbane. oven wasthe atime got sent dove? anno. Drips and dab, Blody steals ouoon ary pay — sight to, “hey would tha Woald til goo the protector, ‘Noca Qoenand hing. An Australian thing. A Malourne thing Fedral hing Pound sling ond peace a you poke es nove the wise Sa who wold check ap ‘Noone That the pon Slders. you ca remand standin the an, the might pretend to ft you wat? A Pla Thre Paton FsIp 1915 Pei Terrace, ‘The publica shout suddenly hy aren ering al SERGEANT Right net RN ay, RECRUITING SGT Wha? sw mere [RECRUITING SGT Look busy man and hielo —oh Yo are heres How daze you? enw reson nines RECRUITING SGT You:echon since. peso im, ‘Ata desk cewhere the space, CORPORAL ea over his papers Next! Name! RN eesithave tobe yr ne RECRUTTING CPL Yes ofcourse Bu anki how woul {know what oor reales? Soran? RN Eres Hopkin [RECRUITING CPL Ageand place obi? RN ‘ete, Barba RECRUITING CPL Serambsk oop for their tne] eos Chet Purdon the profanity You at coment RN Why no RECRUITING CPL Wal youre... ze, a Tom Weigle ck Digs by Tom Wight Rw Sabet of i Majo [RECRUITING CPL Smart ale oh Her Heres yourorm go down a tata ‘he protec. Rw “Defcin Physiqa What does tht meat [RECRUITING CPL. fell there Next! RN “Reason: OfStongy Aboriginal Appesran? BRN lokinga bi Bewildered Out on these. What does ourssay? NoRM tet (Aboriginal)? EW Yount Boa "No Wie Prete! RN “Tyre ja mahing hs op No-one as any Bondy We ‘The doa cen of he tag. The SERGEANT and (CORPORAL change atlas Ty hae ome ta cforent reeing hal. ‘Nabe kno re, Well do feet hi tine [RECRUITING SGT tn srrysa,tBave no en what too wih this With you Water He goes and allt sper. Dre ls much consing of boo and dagreements sol half aden me ral ‘erating threads and cary on [Anyone have the sights dex what ‘Sabtatally Europes meas cur Uae youre CORPORAL Wha doyle her mte Nood oe Bethe? Pla are Pubton aIp curx. Theremustbe some description mentee? SECRETARY Wecarie dk in he same batalons a white chaps CORPORAL Butbow dark? [RECRUITING SGT Peay we ad alee om the relevant Protect tht von cover i cur theyre wl to getup of ther bases and sh cof plck the they white enough for me [RECRUITING SGT So jst ake decison based on was tng in ‘eostofmet orncen Nanet mw Artur Pip bop Alber See NoRM Georges Rr? omicer Daseofbicte Rw Sepemberfoarth ghee ity, 08 September fourth ghee int oe NORM Sime cornice And the pce? Ey Baran —. Morgon 08 Sone Nona same cornice Are you, weal yous bully ropes? RN Whar Mak Digger oy Tos Wight [RECRUITING SGT Aveo, would ou sy Seba ropean? Your ther es whe wit he aay ‘eon ch ine Rig nine ‘more and ino ack for boomerang “Thay ad nt inp ¢ DOCTOR ant ie cer moving on. DOCTOR Height? RN Five fot vein, DOCTOR Wig RN “ea sone fou, poctor st. RN ease got one ‘cusnx Sratipse mat? DOCTOR None. Ew masa male ul me crx Any songental peclstieso og-tem dsasest DOCTOR —_—_Strwth what do werayto atone! cur pu own “Very strongly aberginal in ype RN Hoye did you work tht ov out ‘The gh and put om iors hts Boots, most of whch ope A Fla Thre Publton ca‘VOICE FROM AN 191s. Ieneeded the en; thee enraorinary pin these lla gre esoite as they were shouted guns foreign sy hey ad the toughness the lgeoty ofthe lund othe birth Tey had cameo the ober side of he ober defend noble eal to protect uherbood the {ay ola the acy of lier ight forte King nd al His Majesty aes... uly em Some conse, ven shanbol front, tbe Aural as ave Fal lear ofthe st of the Bri race at ne rer 8 southern sun. Thee bos area ost ema hase that returned The gets of the White Man, rendered peter pn ghtng et ju fr Got and Emp, bo deioe wht tis tobe man an Assan man in ‘hisouryoung Common ak Digs by Tom Wight 1915. Queen Street BOB, NORM and ERN pose prowl. RW yy ott sty Non ‘They acenever ing tobe hs back Doe. pop Tioye in unr they ink we police RN ‘oni somthing Once we started wearing this der, addenty wee danne hae you exp op “Tey ook you etd tho? RN ‘ea caspl myer ke they ogee yoke — et tarp the bright camer ash, Aly Tat Pabaton 21915. Waiting to Cross to France. ‘he dress surly mina by he string of ‘match lamp beg it A youn soldier wren, ear Aun May nope this fins you into spt and ht everyone i eautathone Ifyou se Dally ge her pu rom me and teller behome and i tuk er don the each, Lam 20d. sayy eyes ie you tld me aad you wee ih ‘here ae many Methods ere and we re cpr. 1 think tou you athe time of you bck here and teh onthe aes, andthe plan coming. Your Archie. He pat the eter in amr. ‘om ght FRIGHTENED MousTACHED SERGEANT CORPORAL. WITH GLASSES Mak Digs by Ton Wight 1915, Dardanelles. ‘The fathes ping Boo sl expos They hae eco at, movin and the ath Sd of te ‘sali get bade a hy approach [Wder hi breath} Oe oh Joss OW Fe Heads down, dont ly aly sk ave. Balt tr sing LAURIE tars lag Whats blody Say? Sonny it ANOTHER SOLDIER Yoste a trange coe LAURIE SERGEANT LAURIE lapioe wha de ld ts weal sy! You right Lait {mea anving in but united on someone bench. ‘Tey lang heeds ot Lake! Lak ‘Sudden moment of sites, LAURE prays ervey ate ‘leagues meri sow mation ern kim Aland foes a ets aan ofthe shadow of death a aya and where he igh dares ‘Ye thoogh [alk through he wey ofthese of (ath wl ear evisarthow at wih eth ed ed ‘ty suey comfort se Thou prepares ae bore me inthe proence fine ei oud sund of machine une and explosions, Pld eae Pablo »I> 1916. Indian Ocean. Ome hp th way ovr eryone ating AGGRESSIVEPTE What you think yout doing Same yo. i ting abl ican my pra and in staying otf rab AGGRESSIVEPTE Ido know what the als ging ny more. HARRY “The words tured pide donn. AGGRESSIVE PTE Youve sid mouth thre. Upside don when acon thinks yall ighto stad ld inthe ee nd tou ese cal pte nd finger there ron ad dik these ‘Moody witer a whit man. 1dr Kao who your bat joe pot gumpton And yo know what hey sp sb oye ‘wth gmpion dt ou? Tey pest to pce, WHITEPRIVATE. Eat up fin WHITEPRIVATE. Leweit, ‘ve done nothing to getyour back sp AGGRESSIVE PTE Youeing ere ges my back up. Now a you got ck HARRY say bor! NaNa.tmno AGGRESSIVE PTE PULLERS WEVE GOT A BLOKE HERE WHO NEEDS 0 ‘TALL PRIVATE ESHOWN WHAT'S WHAT, Yeh Weave ‘The solder plo he AGGRESSIVE PRIVATE and beat im ap He comes eu oft blooded and raise. [RED-HAIRED SGT Whats be ayng? “The world turned upside fucking do? oe Wig ‘Mack Digby Tom Weight "The Words Turned Upsie Down ten tu and yo hal har noe abo ang fra andre yar Sc Capa Cook ad many more, youve ever sen he ik ore ‘hehe man eet coloured oy om ee the heey fae brow ose the wr ted pide down Sethe work raed upd down llr Yous the worl tured upside down Sethe worl tard upside down A floa Tere Pubeton aIp rast ware SOLDIER LAURIE SOLDIER SOLDIER. LAURIE SOLDIER. SECOND WHITE SOLDIER ast Wit SOLDIER LAURIE ‘RST WHITE SOLDIER. TAURIE SECOND WHITE, SOLDIER. 1917, Passchendaele. No Mans Land foxhole Aight weeps thought dark, they ahi the deck ‘ou see anhing Laut Nota ting ‘What you thnk you were ere fr Why ou echan be etd your 1 hgh yous Maes could sen hed? Ne ha bt ‘Seoul hey pt ou here em you have tracking sl, yo kone you can lok ts deo grat sy how ey vege put sndalltht sort male ‘What You not fink, You now ase you ler a hae ait ent or ching Picked up speci sil om your wie oi okes | sew opin Mody Esinevile! id you ear sething there Play Noting that el now, ‘iy id you think he captain ep sending you out on rec. then Maybe he though had beter camouflage in the sk, To Wg Nice squinting SOLDIER OLDER soLDiER sQUINTING SOLDIER Nice OLDER SOLDIER ‘Muck Digs Tom Weigh 1917, Ballecourt A psn sli tae the lamp oi dugout where his ‘nates ae {vce Can gen wth ou chaps Tm meant tobe wth ‘heninh bu cat a em anywhere Youtone ofthe ne has mate Hop, wath ou fr the cand, NIGEL climbs in Surprised lnc, whan they ee NIGEL blak. Youre ong way rom home! Wiereteyou omit Annandale Syd Spent ai of mein Lithgow. ‘alse cero cll me Tagg on acount ofme ng 0 wise sunning: SOLDIER Gotrothingdo wth him stig oo is rse aly, COLDER SOLDIER Tha Bunny ths ete Vi thas Whacker’ and this is Day NIGEL Dash? COLDER SOLDIER. nthe ight fect elfrcements we may veto coer bie They teh A flaab TarePubtion =Sandy Maranoa Someone singing th darkest passing tes ‘he lamp. Soles exhausted red One ‘The iis dk ad stormy andthe by cluded (rho wil mut ade ey oe spats ete gh darn of the nie And wee thon he camp rea fay They jn in Far ce ong og going 0 Gt fr ‘Ad we son be tse New South Ws ‘Wes dre Queen ith tony oh apy drovers ro the sandy Maree Tom Wg ck Dig by Tom Weg 1918, Villers Bretonnewx. orcs [THEDARK Love hatsang Yi om tha ay Rw Metoo rt ote Mak ‘yoIcEiN CTHEDARK ——Doger me ats where in fem. Perce Hoar. BRN “Yahoo Te Hong. Fro the pb the Ari voice ny THEDARK —-Heeweever met RN Pad in th road Your old man tookhis bet to mines fe ns when be went for adi. voice TTHEDARK Why woe do that [Thesolier ight spl bigly “nae is face, he other mene] See ‘Right, Pause, The sound of distant riley I we bth ‘eho, oul be walking no the ot a mate Dot worry about RN pases spp to anaes A Pla The Pion 81917. Ypres Four West Indian ammunition arg pat ac Ble me dwn wh arty? SOLDER Ammunition bale. Mack "ho at they oda, smart ema, where dl hey came fom? ANOTHER, SOLDIER “Thought your the ol clored Haken Fades you ‘CORPORAL ‘The puts wot et thm ig ut ig things oad fe Maybe you should havea word wih em, Mick? ack. ‘Wy woud wan do tha? SOLDIER. ada bit common se! sack. eh yah ery anny. TTRINIDADIAN What you sting Aun igger? mick What id you cal met TTRINIDADIAN Wel, you okie niger to me (CORPORAL Sew Mick theyre not diet much or empire ations 2nd TRINIDADIAN Them Astral niggers ie on th cea eve Wash, Pau CTRINIDADIAN —Hekaguletmon 2nd TRINIDADIAN They show them Asis gers MICK punches fur ofthe out in om MICK star wh The tombs nd guitar up agin 6 hm wile Mak Digger by Tom Whe 1917. Bullecourt, MAJOR. ‘Who shrtentYou MAJOR Seif yo cn ral nan gt tht fel st back IGEL What dose mess? squinting SOLDIER Thetsephong, Snowy. Mayon You, you snd you. Follow me [NIGEL the dark. Germans cep hough, mass of gunfire. When he smoke clears he emer ith sho up tephone tGEL ge Rabbit Vict Chaps He Nigh reread. Garant emerge pts his hand he te The German arta aoe 2 anything at fi GERMAN SOLDIER Weraufder nde uta? GEL On bagger A Pla Thee Pabaton ”om ‘eRTIE ote sone BERTIE ‘GRANDAD BERTIE 1915. Frying Pan Creek NSW ‘The teton broke bythe sound ofchoppegwond Slowly the sen dizer int th dare and cos oman dig the work, Merson Andwha goed il at ot yo say ar born in gen ninety heyy ita Butyou wernt ‘Ne bat yous mean ify wet dv hey schon {hl do torte ren other sod, 0 wo kno Apdo say you wee bra then wha app? Wi the ‘hy enya ie lye? Wl get ane a? But youl get me oto yer ale ‘tea bor Nolet wil change tha Youve Barly seen ‘hewn be Youre ar an hor wack Ad ou recon yoo can wr rund wl he white bop do you “Tat ty mak fay fo 90, ade youre ir ced ite back te Suddenly You be man ad's te nea ta That doves wl ope fr ou! Doyo? ‘ou know win mt ea, Lda, Smeg hat ‘ter GRANDAD ‘Whats erating on about? ete bere waa join up Join pha ‘he smy: ara money Sethe world igh fr county even ghing for country for along tie. Toe Wie lack Digerby Tom Wright BERTIE ‘ea wll Bl eme onthe ie nd the bash star sparing us onthe pe tigs then wel ely now what sto ght oct. sunt Wh been psig hin your ead oben -angng wound outside the School of sagan? GRANDAD You know my granlter he could wall forthe dys, fallow be sun his tie of year How many fences ide veto cos How many gts dd behave ts? BERTIE "Nove. Youve tol mean ld me, pop hove Now all fences, we enced, ow Bat this st about I bout a lgger wo GRANDAD Bigger world nee Seamed interested nyo, Why you so nerd ine ERTIE ‘Bre since was smal you sid we were ter. ong ime gn we wold be men Yea kaw, me, the ol peg, ‘ote though the bash set stand yp Breryone loka ‘hem Alltht alarer uw ‘Wats paarve? Speak the Kings Enh eRe Ym going tobe pe to. or us but not just ows, For Auta GRANDAD Asta Neverhead of You Doe? Mum “hin th coppers otk about Mastbeamape ‘sey land somewhere with care a aheperd ie ‘Botace mach Anal ound bee eerie ‘Wye write teeter or wot you? GRANDAD —_Dostlokatme you know ant write noting som Yow {wil re Ts yu we barn in heen ney uta Wer Ran. do wha you Alea There Paton »ARTE um Mow (GRANDAD BERTIE © unt ut tl ou seething ight ne Yu ow ‘when the Nrander Shoo? Ad for week the whale ‘cco down there ed Bk vr sary bok ce ‘ole? And you and yur ser wold gan ngand lounging on ts barbed wie lke pio dane a looking? How you fl ikea big ny ces ig Sow ofighc and exceed ad ou ca eer gets? Would neve ein That what the woud ke, son Yoon p10 the Tome of London othe Pri oe nbeeve stile wold And you weatbe allowed though he we. hey ned me They ned ade. or thei ime hey nee ws. Changed the rules make it ease forages they reckon “Tink sou why tht might be ‘And yoko when the Show’ ote ech ys wen yo ‘down the ron tenet we, what tere? ‘Nothing. Nobody. “Tac wat this war wl be kf you. Tee. fancy land atthe end SoyouTwrte tampa. agin dot Yu only ru yt gol kom where. rok in your ee eri ve aed ot 0, Maybe ths way tere mig be someone decent wl lookout fer you, Whate you ughing ot Daa? Someone dcat Al these blokes, you'e going tik ‘her boot Same kes, ame oo that ate ike ot for yes. And yous wat ory Pop. eal am. Bt tay standing Wg lack Digby Ton Wight 1917, Polygon Wood White ofan approaching hel and an explosion. [RERTIE and hs mam have nance. Barbe wr. ‘COND WHITE SOLDIER ‘What you gon do when ou get me, Sta? stan Back to my da ery poe ‘ECON WHITE SOLDIER 1thad spend the ret omy being clerk woul whinge Harry HARRY eat even apne what ok eA ope that is change SOLDIER ‘wha orf change? HARRY you los havea beer wth me then ats art stax ‘What re yon shout Wel amas have ee th ou, RST WHITE SOLDIER Youteas goodasa whe mar Harry A Py Tate Pabeaton aRN Ancue ARCHIE ERN “ARCHIE ARCHIE stan STAN RN ARCHIE 1917. A tench. Ina trench, Occasional bale whiz Distant explrons. atthe lang Moon? Iebnot up And oo, Manton cast re Youve tensa. Ad no. Metal Np Mora? Weve moved seven et since Ape Acimph ‘Bout xcnga the aly on Good day ‘Wecoald ood and py stinger Rater ro ld hus never row old Amen Secs hs hs goer esa cok goo years ‘Weloea few mates they ese the whi ows (ain nar ct ph wort eBelgan the bm ows, "hey hae at Dat mot ofthe ine west and we sigur sogs And thy st ofr heron sing thes And cverone serene ite the whole ody nt Th iit cK ARCHIE ERY ancitE STAN Me Digs by Tom Wight dont the Cpa ear yu cary a ikea. Wssulemate, nn Sale mae, Wee sk th. Wee ere becuse were er and no Were, thats what it is And he words gonna haeto orgie ound ws ‘cantputhitorybacin thet mate Mattar alee py th my ‘Alaa Tee Paton sTOMMY eRTIE Tomy Tommy BERTIE STRETCHER BEARER BERTIE srReTcHtER. BEARER ERTIE 1916, Posieres. ‘rosy ‘Big explosion Dit shower om tha Lau bombs and unfi. Prnk on a setcher. ‘Bring hn hee! Quit ERIE Wt yng? (Cant make it ot, Hoon. Pant dad] Weve Sin way gt him home. ‘What are you saying? Listen to yous mate ecatbebaread her [Rae] We sb. do someting ike wh dat know ayo tha od peopl su ete the on ones Your ols do sothing. vein the West BERTIE sry {ald know wher tbe is you knoe hs ol willbe ticket. oko what Teun Wiha thse te, they wil row hee one iy slike — what do youl hr? Els nd onan al that Anda bese edges ad the ower abd we det now the ames of any of them. And whe hey bar the Soke dflent and wl edi eet wy What his sborgne smb jaro? ‘Theft dead one Leen, Whaddye mean? Seenbundreds offi. Tht tthe ist one who ks ike ‘me No he cast pt red inthis cet Orivhe ewe aed soak sure e knows hw to fallow met gece ln ‘meen the sip low eon he in, back othe ve on Wg Pla hse Pabst ‘lak Digger by Tom Vege 1 wuld nw where to sae Wet the on lacks fora milon mes. Here tke this ees alec ef the ead Ki hai] Hol on haeta da, Now what ‘ur Father which in heaven bllowed be thy sme ‘ying come th wb dane on Fath a a heaven Gira this dy our daly bead and fergie our trspses Asm orgie them hat esac pant, ‘And ead ot tempat, bat ver us om el thine the igor te power andthe log. Forever todever‘auost AGhost. ‘We moved, om as lng backs could emenbet Mord all over the cee andy brother the ame our dad had done. Folloing the work. Shearing, you ‘on? Coonabarabran, Goondivnd Pip, Moree 10 St George eemember bg our ances on the Meine when ta wollen a we alma Bt say and gio dhe bank lou bet and sting ‘here andaghing we wer alive. 2nd when the job ‘adoee you woul recht your back and youd set. outfor the next place and no-ane would ever ely kao there you ere Which was ou might sy wef when you dd want o be oud, fou gen eit And {pose thought tat wou! be te way twa going etree ut hen the big ever sett 0 0 of, Aust? And sbearinghadto wat eros the ver whe tas dk the Some hati nthe Mela Bythen I was about bogged be hone Iwasa Iigbloke sed was seog but was staring ose phere Surted geting te ques an geting was in France nd thinking wa back on the pin, Webad togetland tat ws ever as, cptre sr here, scrap here. Thirtimeit vara of bt, Wood ou ‘ow Or whathad been a wood. By hen ne-ane could ‘cho wae who or wl wat wal Ba we were copying lef ight and cent fom al thse machine pu es 2 ‘ne ew nd ping rag png arte and hat was wat tsk sometes they would past your ear so close youcoul el he sir move, you cold them pr the ats on our an, and next ome bok kaw ice vwebuniad together on the Martone copedit ight Inve fiend on of his teh spun upand mined ato my eeroe and wet ear it was 8 mes, whites ant ‘toutsand some buge saying one thing and soe bugger Tom Wg ‘lac Digby Tom Wight sayinganother an mere the od out yey and hoot ow hs In gan ra staph at Bat pst ‘nd that ite hon hat hie when eae ove the top ‘nd teckchim dow with mn elbow everthing was ‘end slo suddely it was calm ad the oie red sway. and Thought ‘in for penny in fora pou and up "Tjurped and had ad thd yg bots on ted nd ‘hebalets dither ett ard me nd whoangh [vas in aneher one an ad this bad round some German lle and ou know this forearm as tken the woo of feo thousand shee jut aguezed sees out a i salad then what do you do You us keep ging just strech your backot and ore on ad had had ‘rough al the boody mess T moved al he bts ohurnan bing and bullet and ele itl dots eld of Ayers and nto anthrone lent bck over the MGB, ‘heyveal got theiwhteiledl hands the iad thy wereall marched ava ust fl on my bck oo ‘at Mont St Quentin it hiking of ope edo en ‘heard monkeys the Pigs scrub and how ey dad Inge and use to sy ame day in the sed yon just nd ourselin the st you ko Your ining spt 08 And everyting js des ino place andthe st chap ‘he sumbes anda ree Ts inthe a at ay gota ice ite bt of metal orm work athe DCM, ont abrgine to et one the woe war eho thee Imathioe gun nets none movement, maybe hit forty ‘Prone Killer ew to, hr meak white ies ow out ound my fg: How [septa it, Uke a Iisleone serene ou know? Ben te oer looked seit ne eyes the llaste was sg in estimation [New morning ep ot, Kingof the tain ihe Sackslp andthe nods pd the handshakes nd all and thinking abut runing through he crab when wat fucker ap intr into bys shal tht chose and Pla The Paton 2‘nla A ‘oy i is boot af? th what we called ‘hem arrive efor you he yea Sots ofr set tnd it of our bl ae weesplateed ore tha amp oan specks ofme dle ick hoop the wood into herve 1 id genie log st okt i Tas heading home. The boys eho ed who found thee ry back they ood lla what thi ack mate ad oa, Bun, moving. Moving in my own way ars rer even they arent my on And be hee everyone fogtien everything tht appene andthe ds. Can goack ong ja aie. To Wright ak Diggs by Tom Wright 1916. Pozieres ve Germans hands in the air MICK approaches tnt Mack ‘hateityu bastard That Kap scl and eveyone ses Crit Keep them in he a yoo rs Rags ca on, ea come on, nore this ey Wht ae you wang 0? (Ome the German ack pck something ip. MICK shoots all five] Dopey baer what woul you want do tat for? ONESOLDIER Loslslkehe was ungiorabombs sack, Alida? soLDIER ver ‘hay eshrongh the bodies mack. Tha tea gow Ten ep Tene steal in aro, Cond! foros sn sour Remind met never pk quel wth you home Mack ‘Warr lod in vein sou Youre shaking ice Justhe excitement. Longline of hts. My ane SOLDIER (h yah, what i they wnt en esplson Two young blk ina le somewhere. ser shoulda beer! fifen. shuld berg, shou beter Tommy este! Cl down Pullyourst together sen Wem th cll Were caught Tom his isi wee not fetng bck We houiveleae hit omer ont re our bot A Ply Tare Pabieion °Ip eRTIE Tommy Tomy Tommy mites, Tom, ‘Walt not mich old Maso explosion Ton rain dvr om him Heyt et All wecam ear ithe al hd of espns He is ‘mapped va poke fica enough pace fr i to move aie, A booting ut of the mad. ‘Tommy? Oh sweet esas at sceyou, where are yout (Can ou hear me! get nou gt eo Tony Chis he gone. He on, HEY! HEV! HEY! Anyone? HEY! om Wg lack Der by To Wight ‘Our God, Our Hap Ages Post ARCHIE cles his esl burial Me sing ‘The yb of fl and bod, Wthal er es nd cae Are cite owrovardsy the food, ‘Ard tin flowing years “Time kan ver rl stra, ‘eal sos cays "Thy fron a dra Diarrhea doy. (ur God cu lpn ages past, (ur hope or year to come, ‘Be Thou or guard wh if shal a, And or ena ae. A Pla Tene Paton stAcie 1917. Dear Asay May You remember lie Thomas Fed Toma boy? He was siting on abench a hating o sme fellow and ado some revolver he managed to get his ands on and he shoe insite fice. he lod prayed ike ht outs on North Trace and Jack Ware ou remember who wea up 2 “ale Bend afer Dat basins wth Mile McPhee) jst sorta grabbed is knees ad lin themad and he was screaing he ws just making these tds He akin, And ‘he wort ofits that Oe al ale, es inthe opal ed he hast gota ae bt hel aie Ay My But he hast ta face Aunty My east got face, Black ig by Tom Wight 1917. Beersheba, Palestine Warn igh fil the sage we rn the Hay Lad he day bore the ata of Borat LAURIE ring ot in th isan, RITISH CAPTAIN A view tte Australian saute] Atese. A view aun ‘and he was fad and arose and tan for isi, and came vo Beeb [BRITISH CAPTAEY*... Bathe intel at down unerafanipe tos; and ait enough now © Lod ake yi, or Tam ao beer tas sylaess™ TAURIE "aver about hese ces ll my ie Sced places, How {ie Batlebem fom here? [BRITISH CAPTAIN About oy les. Tha way LAURIE _/- Soe mighthave walhedon the sonst BRITISHCAPTAIN He might. LAURIE Andthoe sae the same str He would havelooked a? BRITISH CAPTAIN theethe same sts tht shine oer Dost, LAURIE Ad he sume th shine over Gympie to eh? BRITISH CAPTAIN India. LAURE No. Gymple On the roud to Tin Can Ba. BRITISH CAPTAIN Ab, ule Ausra, Between you and ne the eight gone Desert une andl hat Forgive me Youres good hap. Battie you LAURIE Maybe wel se each ther ee, et BRIVISH CAPTAIN Aor thet thngs which ye bold he dp wl cme in the ‘which there stall ot ele abe stove wp noe, at shal ae tow don’ A Plo Theatre Pabiton 2Ip Laue “And en ysl eral np wt ai then tno ft the desl hreisigh GERMAN PRISON GUARD nice, INDIAN 20) INDIAN INDIAN INDIAN Ak Digger by Tos Wg 1917. Zssen POW camp, “The ar interapedby vice coming rom loa ae [NIGEL ina POW camp. ‘You mata se now having bees apr hat youve bee ue and abe, You arto of oar oppesive mater who brat seed your nds ad tok om youyour bg You rete more than es ut Jouree pan throw ff theta of oar eh ‘ters The ine for Being sptes snd ths war {nde nevis deft of Great en has wad alls The quton wh wl acnowiede they hare eer made feos fave been ep chides, seeped ‘heen sltery 1s Tie ght ot gst your coppers fr aie nda forte Afice Does this happen al day? “ex oreo et. Tey want wo ake pers and foment selon. But we al hae we na? We reson of ‘he Map Carta They igh el spe he wind. You speak Engh we “he sume ight es of you i Pardon me bu what re you sing bere? ‘The dotbeleveme when a Tvs Australian | said must be Indian and sale bere, “oiscamp fora non-white primers Noone mention the clour fy fo he dy 1 lite Icopped mor for going toa poate shoal But youareahonenet? Do you mind st Tm fom Australi a om Wight A Pla Tere Pableton 5lack Dig by Tom Wight SECOND INDIAN Nice INpiaN ‘THIRD INDIAN INDIAN SECOND INDIAN INDIAN "IRD INDIAN Nice, INDIAN They have Afsana in Aus? ‘Thre seen an Aue sinc as cptred ‘When thylook at you dey anna the Aaa, st ‘when hela at, they cae we we ee Bh ‘Bat one day we shall note en. Thi Pinae wl aways be Ausra, hes thing ele tobe. You sound perio oso our sausage end Do noted me These pads en pig meatal neat ts ue es ‘There resect er our et ror prays. They taing over each other ‘No. thes been sake so be with my mates. ‘Weate your comrades no Toe Whe eT ORDERLY BERTIE ORDERLY ORDERLY eR A Plea Tate Pablition 1917. Pid hapital BERTIE strangely if nd emotional Wesing ear Mu, Youve to write to get touch th te eter oft tel hem wha ny el age [State gin Ta the he rat abot wht you oe se, Tam in he ito Gee a big cated by he dogs tel — ou need cover suey Dict: "Weare in good spits her.aliswe Your loving ‘You tellyourmam not to worry. Show to stat ‘rerio tan urs agen] Remember yas bot when the So ‘sin town amin tbe Sov. se gu hroagh the nce. aveseen wht the ron op worse. our boy. Bet.NORM RN voice NORM RN NORM RN ‘Non * 1918. Abbeville ‘hewhere in the herp NORMS bandaged around the rs ERS arm ina sling. BOB with bandage around iseyes Norm? Neem Hecate you, his esrng been own, ‘Wath saying? ‘Never ind Doce mater NEVER MIND. Sha hone dares! ght or asoke wll you Norm? Wal yous lokes are our ket Rae, wna YER GOING HOME “OurPastor wee sleek, wecale hi li (GOIN HOME, NOT POEM (BOB start to wip. The there sare thi fora moment Chex op te ol ecg Yup thogh Youcen walk one ‘mun dag wh your meds anal he iis wl us op tye: Nat tha yuThnow mi bat you al, Yue ‘omen. ‘eed digging» ch wth yer ees st hat he esto nye On the veranda if ky stenng othe wind inthe be “They wor forge you mat Youve fought othe King for Cory. Fe ou county. or Astra wea Toa Wig sew ona 208 RN ‘NORM Nona BRN NORM A Plea Tene Pabton Blak Dies To Whe AUSTRALIA Whaee tat i sete wee al fom spose Notourword fort Wal had beter be moe than asa word beens vert come to obese ofthe weed ad ay bal fren fora de, Wonder wai willbe ke When we it back? You sot fatal tobe diferent But you ako want allio have supedthe same. vt HOME, CHANGED. WHILE WERE AWAY. Maybe the fils wl be diferent Bt the and sayeth sme, The names rt changed around he hage the ames ofthe ls and theirs athe versand then the hang wate word mean But ths sl getup Inbemoring apes, wher hi come ro? (Change, ether Los of change For thne who ae hee oe wit?PROFESSOR PROFESSOR, ioe PROFESSOR PROFESSOR, 1917. Zssen Sie pert sll fyu plese tcomeloaking or _auhropolopial specs, Weare bling records for erin comprebersve reads, fal the races of any, earring te cram aon. Pare fortune asl me yo. What wl you do with? ‘Wah he mearement? We wl dan enarnos map fhe uaa species nde bet compar and conte, ea ap abgper pict of wha ne nd what ‘we inthe uns rc eT now he Asin native was gp nau kaowledg afew al esi “Youve dp ut andertnd acl erence. ‘No wor gad tobe ofr So what do the mesure you? Promina! bow tobe expected, Thank god fre wa, has led yuo me Very good lace oy Maybe i otuate fru, to, Profesor, might 1 pk toy ofthe food bere Some of ws ze Mahommedan ad t woud be very eal iw coal nd a yt cle pork "el see what can be done Lok st you, Lik nothing lei the wor ‘They more oy ang. Tio rhe ‘Tomy SECOND SAPPER SECOND SAPPER ARS SAPPER lac Digs by Tam Whe 1916. {TOMY stim is ving grove They find his oo, srape ay th so an pl in ou vee ey, Heri the ite boy Hes covered ad They rape eofhin. Hey mate You shouldbe thank Th dase the ‘ombarent stopped, You're He Lazarus your ole Youvegata dunce Another mate Alling peat ander the net cn Dost thik you nce to scape anymore nyt ‘This on not geting any ane ‘The laugh iene Het shang andy so mach be co hold or gt A Pla Thea Paton “ancttE DISCHARGING 1918. Near Amiens, orice Peat Any May Inyo Gopaitstys And the sine in darks and hed empchendelit nt Wat docs heat! Bick Digs To Weg 1917. BERTIE, standing dun 1 ate. ‘out ong home. Corepondence hasbeen ected sd your tre dete ofits hasbeen teria, Fe you, Prats the wars ore Have our things ready forthe oma tareort ett ‘ou dart stem please, slr Youve Ben sated from ‘hej of death dont you sex? Have you nothing 7? [BERTIE stand unable speak om Weight A Fly Tat Pabiton otaser {Lazarus Laas Come oth Lara The on i cating you Lar! ie Up Lear ‘The ody out sping bt ht ra (Lexa Come fr! Lar!) ‘Why hyp youn that tomb (he Lord ling yal Lazar Rie wp, Lazarus) hao Lond wep bt dob asa (Cezar Come oth Laer!) ‘Whom jel our name aaa Re up, Lazar) azan!Come ert! Lazar! ‘The Lond calling you! Lazaast ‘The Lond sys you dein bat Ba rue (Caza! Come fort Lazar) Wy hyp you tha tb? (he Lord cali you! Lazar Rie pasos) AUSTRIAN hes my Lond wep, bt do Bashan, (Caza! Came fort Lazare) Who fas ens your name (Laci! ise azar) a Wg A Pla Dre Pabliton Black igen Wh 1917. Messines ARCHIE fihting a enmyalde han than with tayo eis aed the de, bt ick tethered overpowers hi. i desperate, bl uf. He abs his ‘pponent we alls back, He gets lnk at ARCH, who ‘at ond watcher de takes along ine Scare tefl Sehwarer texel mit wei Augen, Swarr tefl Schwarzer ete, was ihsehe