Paul Kelly’s collection of lyrics ‘Don’t Start Me Talking’, demonstrates the way Aboriginal Australians are administered amongst society. Through his lyrics, Kelly talks of the harsh and unfavourable treatment that was present to the Aboriginals. Through Kelly’s characters he shows that Aboriginals worked for greedy men who payed them very little for their hard work and how settlers came about to take over the land from Aborigines. The Stolen Generation had major effects on the Aboriginal identities and culture and many hunted and killed. Kelly’s lyrics, ‘Bicentennial’, ‘Maralinga’, ‘Treaty’, ‘From little things big things grow’ and ‘Special treatment’ all depict that Aboriginal Australians are the victims of a cruel society.

English settlers took the land of Aboriginals without their consent and were forced to work like slaves. The Aboriginal Australians were required to give their land to the English and work for low wages in harsh conditions......

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Title: Paul Kelly
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