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'The more strongly the presence of the Aborigine is felt in the production, the more the play can be seen to be concerned with colonisation' discuss?
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Sunday, 22 December 2002 Jad Salfiti A2 English Literature 'The more strongly the presence of the Aborigine is felt in the production, the more the play can be seen to be concerned with colonisation' discuss? 'Our Country's Good' is based on events that occurred in the first penal colony to be set up in Australia in 1789. The play deals with the prisoners in the colony, who were imprisoned for minor infractions, while still in Britain. It tells of the abuse they endured at the hands of their officers, in the world's most remote outpost. Some British convicts were dragged over from Britain for petty crimes such as stealing a morsel of food. After a horrendously severe voyage at sea, and with rations becoming dangerously low, the Governor of the colony, Captain Arthur Phillip realizes that morale is at an all time low. In an effort to uplift the spirits of the convicts and...
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