Family & Friendship
This boy is Robert's best friend who shares stories about being related to the great warrior Multuggerah.
Who is Jonathan?
What is name of the mission in Robert Runs?
Deebing Creek Mission
Robert's best friend on the mission.
Jonathan
This is Robert's traditional Aboriginal name that his father still uses in private moments.
What is Goupong?
This is the author's name who wrote "Robert Runs" and won the Daisy Utemorrah Award for this novel.
Who is Mariah Sweetman?
Robert feels responsible for protecting this young girl who his father told him to "take care of."
Who is Dot?
The term used to describe Aboriginal children who were removed from their families?
What is the Stolen Generation
Shoots the children.
This small green creature serves as Robert's cultural guide and connection to traditional knowledge throughout the story.
What is the tree frog?
This kind teacher with red hair tries to help the children but struggles with the harsh mission system.
Who is Miss Adams?
This older boy serves as a big brother figure to Robert and asks permission to marry Eve.
Who is Jesse?
This physical activity becomes Robert's source of strength and identity, helping him find purpose and pride.
What is running?
How does Miss Adams treat the children at the Mission?
She is kinder and shows small moments of compassion but sill has her cruel days.
This thing is a shape shifter who eats plants, meat and hypnotise people.
What is Mundagutta?
How does Multuggerah help Robert and Jonothan understand their identity?
Represents cultural strength and bravery.
Robert and Jonathan plan to do this together to fight against the "Mundagutta" they believe is controlling the mission.
What is poison the sheep/attack the mission/fight Boss Man?
The epilogue shows Robert's ultimate resilience by achieving this remarkable feat, becoming "the fastest man alive."
What is beating Arthur Postle in a race/defeating the world's fastest runner?
Name the 3 main characters who worked on the mission and a character trait for each one.
Boss Man was cruel and beat the children.
Miss Adams was kind but also had her cruel days, very unhappy and wanted to teach the little children.
Mr Mcrae was kind and respected Aboriginal culture.
This legendary Aboriginal warrior that Jonathan claims to be related to represents resistance against colonial oppression.
Who is Multuggerah?
This cruel authority figure at the mission carries a gun and ultimately shoots the children who tried to poison the sheep.
What is Boss Man?
This tragic event happens to Robert's friends when they are caught after poisoning the sheep, showing how the mission system destroys friendships.
What is they are shot and killed by Boss Man?
It is important to learn about the Stolen Generations today.
What is it to understand Australia’s history and celebrate the strength and resilience of Aboriginal people?
Robert's father gives him this painful advice about survival: "You speak their language, you play by their rules. You are [this name] now."
What is "Robert"? (or What is "You are Robert now"?)
Robert's father gives him this painful advice about survival: "You speak their language, you play by their rules. You are [this name] now."
What is "Robert"? (or What is "You are Robert now"?)
The mission system controlled Aboriginal children through these four main methods: physical confinement, forced name changes, language suppression, and this type of punishment often carried out in front of other children.
What are public beatings/physical punishment/whippings?