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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... Numbers , dates , in fact mathematics of any kind , have little or no relevance in our traditional Aboriginal society . Na- ture was their social calendar , everything was measured by events and incidents affected by seasonal changes ...
... Numbers , dates , in fact mathematics of any kind , have little or no relevance in our traditional Aboriginal society . Na- ture was their social calendar , everything was measured by events and incidents affected by seasonal changes ...
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... numbers , mainly kinship groups , wandered in to see for themselves what this place had to offer them . The old people were growing tired of the hardships and the constant searching for food since the supply was now scarce . But more ...
... numbers , mainly kinship groups , wandered in to see for themselves what this place had to offer them . The old people were growing tired of the hardships and the constant searching for food since the supply was now scarce . But more ...
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... Number 5979/31 Department of Native Affairs File Numbers 173/30 ; 175/30 ; 345/36 Illustrated Melbourne Post 20 August , 1861 West Australian 11 August , 1931 THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS WHO CROSS 136 References.
... Number 5979/31 Department of Native Affairs File Numbers 173/30 ; 175/30 ; 345/36 Illustrated Melbourne Post 20 August , 1861 West Australian 11 August , 1931 THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS WHO CROSS 136 References.
Contents
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Jigalong 19071931 | 34 |
The Journey South | 50 |
Copyright | |
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