John Jagamarras Life Story

• Bailey Reedman, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2013

Here is the story of John Jagamarra’s life.
Throughout his life he went through lots of strife.

John Jagamarra was an Aboriginal child.
From the day he was born he lived in the wild.

Out of all of his tribe he really loved his mother.
She was a very loving mother to he and his brother.

His mother, brother and tribe lived on a Station.
The station was in the inland desert of our great nation.

When he was five years old government let him stay.
He put him in a cage and took him away.

From that day on he lived at Pearl Bay Mission.
He gradually forgot the Aboriginal tradition.

John Jagamarra now has a good education.
He also lives a life of anger and frustration.