Both writers from "We Are Going" and "The Dispossessed" criticize the migrants "White Australians" of dispossessing indigenous culture and land. In the poem "We Are Going", the line “We are strangers here now, but the white tribe are strangers” illustrates that though the indigenous may be physically cut-off from the land, it is the 'white man' who has neglected to see the land's spiritual value. In the 2nd poem "The Dispossessed", displays similar views of the 'white Australians'. The line, “Till white Colonials stole your peace," is comparable and related to the first poem, portraying 'white men' as seizing the land and culture of the indigenous.
In both poems; "The Dispossessed" and "We are Going", the writer has given the indigenous Australians voices that expresses the pain of dispossession. "Only a remnant now remain, and the heart dies in you" illustrates that there are little left of the indigenous as the 'white men' have taken over their land, resulting in misery and sorrow of the indigenous Australians as this was once their life and culture. The indigenous feel secluded from their once home. "They came here to the place of their old bora ground". In both poems, it is shown that an insignificant amount of indigenous culture still appears: "Gone now and scattered. The scrubs are gone, the hunting and the laughter." as the 'white men' have taken over.
Both writers from "We Are Going" and "The Dispossessed" criticize the migrants "White Australians" of dispossessing indigenous culture and land. In the poem "We Are Going", the line “We are strangers here now, but the white tribe are strangers” illustrates that though the indigenous may be physically cut-off from the land, it is the 'white man' who has neglected to see the land's spiritual value. In the 2nd poem "The Dispossessed", displays similar views of the 'white Australians'. The line, “Till white Colonials stole your peace," is comparable and related to the first poem, portraying 'white men'...