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Follow the Rabbit-Proof ­Fence

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8,386 Ratings by Goodreads |
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Paperback, 160 pages
Published
AUS, 19 September 2002

The film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on this true account of Doris Pilkington's mother Molly, who as a young girl led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk home. Under Western Australia's invidious removal policy of the 1930s, the girls were taken from their Aboriginal families at Jigalong on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert, and transported halfway across the state to the Native Settlement at Moore River, north of Perth. Here Aboriginal children were instructed in the ways of white society and forbidden to speak their native tongue. The three girls - aged 8, 11 and 14 - managed to escape from the settlement's repressive conditions and brutal treatment. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, they set out to find the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it passed near their home in the north. Tracked by Native Police and search planes, they hid in terror, surviving on bush tucker, desperate to return to the world they knew.


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The film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on this true account of Doris Pilkington's mother Molly, who as a young girl led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk home. Under Western Australia's invidious removal policy of the 1930s, the girls were taken from their Aboriginal families at Jigalong on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert, and transported halfway across the state to the Native Settlement at Moore River, north of Perth. Here Aboriginal children were instructed in the ways of white society and forbidden to speak their native tongue. The three girls - aged 8, 11 and 14 - managed to escape from the settlement's repressive conditions and brutal treatment. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, they set out to find the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it passed near their home in the north. Tracked by Native Police and search planes, they hid in terror, surviving on bush tucker, desperate to return to the world they knew.

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9780702233555
ISBN
0702233552
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black & white illustrations
Dimensions
19.6 x 12.7 x 1 centimeters (0.08 kg)

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By Sarah-Jayne on December 17, 2007
Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence is a fantastic short read. Pilkington tone centres around one which has been derived from traditional dreamtime story-telling techniques. This tone is a refreshing change from the strongly descriptive styles which have emerged in other books. Informative, and evocative this book is a winner all round. It educated on me on the circumstances of the stolen generation whose details are frequently glazed over in schools across the nation. Well worth a read!
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