Nanberry Black Brother White Analysis

Nanberry black brother white is a novel written by the Australian author Jackie French Nanberry is an aboriginal boy raised by a European doctor, after his family’s death due to smallpox, in the early years of Sydney. In the novel white world does not accept Nanberry because he is seen as a ‘savage’. The aboriginal community sees him as a child because he left his clan and was living with the white people and helping them.Nanberry simply doesn't belong.Nanberry has a black brother (Balloonderry)and a white father (Surgeon white).

Nanberry is rejected by the white world because of his skin color. When Nanberry went to dine at the governor’s house, nobody really talked to him except the governor, referring to quote “none of the settlers had