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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... told me about them when I was a little boy . They usually sailed up the river in small boats , search- ing for fresh water and food , then left . But these gengas are different . And you know what happened not so long ago when Dayup and ...
... told me about them when I was a little boy . They usually sailed up the river in small boats , search- ing for fresh water and food , then left . But these gengas are different . And you know what happened not so long ago when Dayup and ...
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... told them of terrible events that were frightening all the Mardu people through- out the desert . " They told us about the white men who were using powerful weapons called guns . My daddy told them that he knew what guns were . He had ...
... told them of terrible events that were frightening all the Mardu people through- out the desert . " They told us about the white men who were using powerful weapons called guns . My daddy told them that he knew what guns were . He had ...
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... told them of the exciting and fascinating places he had visited . He spoke of the pyramids of Egypt and how these unusual burial places were built by slaves . " Slave people ? " they wanted to ask him . " Are they like us or the same as ...
... told them of the exciting and fascinating places he had visited . He spoke of the pyramids of Egypt and how these unusual burial places were built by slaves . " Slave people ? " they wanted to ask him . " Are they like us or the same as ...
Contents
The Decline of Aboriginal Society | 13 |
Jigalong 19071931 | 34 |
The Journey South | 50 |
Copyright | |
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