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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... morning ; the fresh , clean air he breathed into his lungs felt good . He stood up and stretched his arms above his head then dropped them to his side . He was the first to rise . This was not unusual , Kundilla always woke before ...
... morning ; the fresh , clean air he breathed into his lungs felt good . He stood up and stretched his arms above his head then dropped them to his side . He was the first to rise . This was not unusual , Kundilla always woke before ...
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... morning to noon then would rest under a bough shelter or in the shade of a tree until it grew cool enough to continue their journey . After several hot summer days of travelling and having barely enough to eat , they arrived at a cool ...
... morning to noon then would rest under a bough shelter or in the shade of a tree until it grew cool enough to continue their journey . After several hot summer days of travelling and having barely enough to eat , they arrived at a cool ...
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... morning they were awakened with a start by a strange voice yelling loudly , " Come on , girls , wakey ! wakey ! Rise and shine . " The woman went to the first bed and pulled the blankets off the child's head and shook her vigorously ...
... morning they were awakened with a start by a strange voice yelling loudly , " Come on , girls , wakey ! wakey ! Rise and shine . " The woman went to the first bed and pulled the blankets off the child's head and shook her vigorously ...
Contents
The First Military Post | 1 |
The Swan River Colony | 8 |
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Copyright | |
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