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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... paperbark trees and began looking for sharp cutting stones but before he could select any Yel- lagonga called everyone to a meeting . All except the babies , the old people and the sick , moved closer to their leader's shelter and stood ...
... paperbark trees and began looking for sharp cutting stones but before he could select any Yel- lagonga called everyone to a meeting . All except the babies , the old people and the sick , moved closer to their leader's shelter and stood ...
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... paperbark trees and the branches of the river gums that blocked their path . Molly strode on as best as she could along the muddy banks , pausing only to urge her young sisters to hurry up and try to keep up with her . She kept up that ...
... paperbark trees and the branches of the river gums that blocked their path . Molly strode on as best as she could along the muddy banks , pausing only to urge her young sisters to hurry up and try to keep up with her . She kept up that ...
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... paperbark trees they hurried as best they could , stomping on the reeds and bull rushes that covered the banks of ... paperbarks that were so difficult for the three girls to forge a path through . Once they had left the flooded river ...
... paperbark trees they hurried as best they could , stomping on the reeds and bull rushes that covered the banks of ... paperbarks that were so difficult for the three girls to forge a path through . Once they had left the flooded river ...
Contents
The First Military Post | 1 |
The Swan River Colony | 8 |
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Copyright | |
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