Rainbow’s End (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

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Author & year of Rainbow's End

Jane Harrison, 1996

Time period Rainbow's End spans

1953 to 1954

Three generations in the family

Nan Dear, Gladys, Dolly

Number of scenes in the play

Seven scenes

What floods symbolise

Uncontrollable white forces disrupting Aboriginal lives

What encyclopedias symbolise

False promises of assimilation

Year of Queen's Australian tour

1954

Name of Dolly's baby

Regina

Nan's secret about Gladys's birth

Gladys resulted from Nan being raped by a white man

Central tension in the play

Survival vs aspiration for a better life

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