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‘Going Home’ is a short story written by Aboriginal author Archie Weller. It explains to the audience the racist issues that affect the Aboriginals and the Europeans of Australia. ‘Going Home’ is set in a small town in Western Australia called Koodup, and a small Aboriginal community nearby. Antagonism between the races grows with more anger and contempt, with the whites treating the Aborigines as less than human. The Aborigines seem to have realised that they might never get the chance to live in freedom and success, and become bitter and despairing and take actions that seem inevitably to leave them either dead or arrested. Such as drinking alcohol, doing drugs and thieving. Racism has had a major effect on Billy Woodward’s life, even during his life in Perth.
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