Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All TimeFollowing an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-wining author Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp. |
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... fire to areas of dense under- growth to flush out any game , such as kangaroos and wallabies , that might be sheltering there . All the men waited in strategic places around the scrub as the animals dashed out in panic . Then they ...
... fire to areas of dense under- growth to flush out any game , such as kangaroos and wallabies , that might be sheltering there . All the men waited in strategic places around the scrub as the animals dashed out in panic . Then they ...
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... fire eating their supper , the visitors told them of terrible events that were frightening all the Mardu people through- out the desert . " They told us about the white men who were using powerful weapons called guns . My daddy told ...
... fire eating their supper , the visitors told them of terrible events that were frightening all the Mardu people through- out the desert . " They told us about the white men who were using powerful weapons called guns . My daddy told ...
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... fire and sat down and listened while Joey brought them up to date with the latest news and family gossip . Half an ... fire . Molly and Daisy agreed that this was the best supper yet . After their meal , they sat around the blazing fire ...
... fire and sat down and listened while Joey brought them up to date with the latest news and family gossip . Half an ... fire . Molly and Daisy agreed that this was the best supper yet . After their meal , they sat around the blazing fire ...
Contents
The First Military Post | 1 |
The Swan River Colony | 8 |
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Copyright | |
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