SUE PACKED A FEW THINGS to see her other mob in Cape York, her ancestral home.
When she first came to live with them, Belle had learned that Sue was the offspring of a young girl from the Wugal tribe in Cape York and a white man.
Later, she was let in on the secret that Sue was a result of r**e. Bryce’s grandmother was around fifteen years of age when she was sexually assaulted, which resulted in pregnancy.
Grandma wanted to keep her daughter, but at that time, it wasn’t possible. Forced assimilation was the Government’s policy at that time, so aboriginal children, especially mixed-blood ones, were taken from their parents and cared for in institutions.
Sue was taken from her mother and her tribe. She was fostered out, and later adopted by a loving white family whose son became her hus
