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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... safe with their own laws and had police and soldiers to enforce these rules . One evening , Moody , Yellagonga's uncle , brought back some distressing news from the people at the Lake Monger and the Nyungar people knew their lives were ...
... safe with their own laws and had police and soldiers to enforce these rules . One evening , Moody , Yellagonga's uncle , brought back some distressing news from the people at the Lake Monger and the Nyungar people knew their lives were ...
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... safe and warm . While her two sisters were sleeping , Molly lay quietly listening to the rain falling steadily on the sand outside . She was too tense and had too much on her mind to relax and go to sleep just yet . But despite that she ...
... safe and warm . While her two sisters were sleeping , Molly lay quietly listening to the rain falling steadily on the sand outside . She was too tense and had too much on her mind to relax and go to sleep just yet . But despite that she ...
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... safe enough to keep the fire burning all night . They made the fire in a hole in the ground in the centre of the shelter . After a supper of kangaroo tail , goanna and the last crust of bread , washed down with rain water , they loaded ...
... safe enough to keep the fire burning all night . They made the fire in a hole in the ground in the centre of the shelter . After a supper of kangaroo tail , goanna and the last crust of bread , washed down with rain water , they loaded ...
Contents
The First Military Post | 1 |
The Swan River Colony | 8 |
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Copyright | |
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