" Christina was an Aboriginal woman – a poor old gin – who shot her rapist in Heart-of-Darkness Queensland in 1907 and lived to tell the tale. Can you imagine it? Her life matters today because of who she was and what she did: she said I refuse to be your slave, I refuse to be raped, and I will resist, I will not give in, I will fight for my dignity as a human being and as a woman and if you try me then you will meet my wrath. They "

― Jane Caro , Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World