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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... shrubs around here , that is why this spot was chosen for the winter camp . Kundilla walked silently to perform his early morning rituals , away from the camp , which was situated in a clearing a hundred metres from the river . On his ...
... shrubs around here , that is why this spot was chosen for the winter camp . Kundilla walked silently to perform his early morning rituals , away from the camp , which was situated in a clearing a hundred metres from the river . On his ...
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... shrubs and between the sandy patches around the rocky ledges and even the spinifex is fresh and green . Alas , like everything that is revived and resurrected by the winter rains their beauty and brilliance is shortlived . They seem to ...
... shrubs and between the sandy patches around the rocky ledges and even the spinifex is fresh and green . Alas , like everything that is revived and resurrected by the winter rains their beauty and brilliance is shortlived . They seem to ...
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... shrubs and low trees , having passed through the tall trees and open grasslands of the marri woodlands . Molly , Daisy and Gracie had grown used to the landscape of the coastal plains . They liked the Geraldton wax flowers and the ...
... shrubs and low trees , having passed through the tall trees and open grasslands of the marri woodlands . Molly , Daisy and Gracie had grown used to the landscape of the coastal plains . They liked the Geraldton wax flowers and the ...
Contents
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Jigalong 19071931 | 34 |
The Journey South | 50 |
Copyright | |
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