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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Page 71
... tracker found them there . The girls pleaded with him to let them go but he wouldn't listen , he just whipped them with his stock whip , " Martha said , with anger in her voice . " He made them walk all the way back , without a break ...
... tracker found them there . The girls pleaded with him to let them go but he wouldn't listen , he just whipped them with his stock whip , " Martha said , with anger in her voice . " He made them walk all the way back , without a break ...
Page 111
... to inform Inspector Simpson at the Geraldton police station that some contact had been made with the girls . A tracker named Ben from Noongal Station was brought into the search and he and Larsen travelled to Pindathuna 111.
... to inform Inspector Simpson at the Geraldton police station that some contact had been made with the girls . A tracker named Ben from Noongal Station was brought into the search and he and Larsen travelled to Pindathuna 111.
Page 114
... tracker on a horse . She could see them riding beside the fence on magnificent grey stallions , coming towards them from the north . They were coming closer , and closer - at that critical moment she woke up shaking with fear and ...
... tracker on a horse . She could see them riding beside the fence on magnificent grey stallions , coming towards them from the north . They were coming closer , and closer - at that critical moment she woke up shaking with fear and ...
Contents
The First Military Post | 1 |
The Swan River Colony | 8 |
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Copyright | |
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