Bitter Springs (1950)

Michael Pate: Trooper

Quotes 

• Trooper : They call the natives that live there Karagany. The spring has been their tribal home for a thousand years. Two perhaps. Since the time we were savages anyway. A thousand years. One day, a bloke walks into the government office in Adelaide 800 miles away, bangs down eighty quid, they hand him a bit of stamped paper and Karagany haven't got a tribal home anymore.

• Trooper : I'll tell you this. They do know that waterhole is their tribal ground and no bit of paper is going to convince them otherwise.