It was here that I realised I was different: Peter Radoll

It was when he reached Colyton High School that Peter Radoll was made to feel different from the non-Aboriginal students. The story went round that the government would set him up for life with a house and a car because he was Aboriginal. “If enough people say that you tend to believe it…. The logic said to me it didn’t really work, but somehow I believed that.”

Keywords: Identity; suburban living; childhood; racism; school; change, city

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