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Based on a true story, the book is a personal account of an Indigenous Australian family's experiences as members of the Stolen Generation—the forced removal of mixed-race children from their families during the early 20th century.
- Doris Pilkington
- 136 pp
- 1996
- 1996
May 4, 2018 · Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian film based on the book, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. It is loosely based on a true story about the author’s mother, Molly, who was a part of the Stolen Generations.
- Hayley Simpson
- Writer
Rabbit-Proof Fence (Phillip Noyce, 2002) is based on the true story of Molly Craig, her sister Daisy Kadibill and cousin Gracie Fields who, after being forcibly removed from their mothers in 1931, escaped from a mission settlement in order to find their way home.
Jan 1, 2001 · The remarkable true story of three young girls who cross the harsh Australian desert on foot to return to their home. Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up by whites and taken to settlements to be assimilated.
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- Paperback
Aug 13, 2018 · Learn the amazing story of three girls who, in 1931, walked about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) along the rabbit-proof fence in Australia as they tried to find their way home.
Nov 20, 2002 · 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...
Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the true story of Molly, Gracie and Daisy – three Aboriginal girls in Western Australia, 1931 who are forcibly abducted from their mothers.
