Chapter 9: What Happened to Them? Where Are They Now? Summary and Analysis

Molly was trained as a domestic helper and married a man named Toby Kelly, a stockman. She had two children. In 1940, she was discharged from the hospital after surgery for appendicitis. In compliance with a warrant that was still active, she was transported back to Moore River Native Settlement. After nine months at the settlement, she took one of her children, Annabelle, with her and left the other daughter, Doris, behind at the settlement. Miraculously, she took her baby daughter along the same route and returned home again. Three years later, Annabelle was removed to a settlement in the south and Molly and Toby never saw her again.

Gracie was transported back to Moore River Settlement where she finished her education. She then was trained...