Setting

Published in 1939, the short story “Flight” by Katharine Susannah Prichard is set in Australia, probably in the early 1900s as indicated by the references to the policy of removing half-caste children from their families which began to be enforced in the 188…

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Physical setting

The physical setting is comprised of the ride from Movingunda to Lorgans, and the town of Lorgans together with Constable O’Shea’s house. The landscape is described both at the beginning of the story and at the end. At the beginning of the s…

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Social setting

The social setting presents various aspects of Australian society in the beginning of the 20th century.

First of all, it is focused on the government policy of removing half-caste children from their Aboriginal parents, and how it was enforced. The children were usually removed by police officers using force and against their mothers’ will. Then they were registered under new names, sent to the south of the country, and raised in state institutions (usually Christian…