![]() ![]() ![]() Tracked by Native Police and search planes, they hid in terror, surviving on bush tucker, desperate to return to the world they knew. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, they set out to find the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it passed near their home in the north. ![]() The three girls - aged 8, 11 and 14 - managed to escape from the settlement's repressive conditions and brutal treatment. Here Aboriginal children were instructed in the ways of white society and forbidden to speak their native tongue. Jennifer Bassett has been a teacher, teacher trainer, editor, and materials writer, and has taught in England, Greece, Spain. original 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. Under Western Australia's invidious removal policy of the 1930s, the girls were taken from their Ab. The film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on this true account of Doris Pilkingtons mother Molly, who as a young girl led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk home. 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. In her best-known book, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris's mother Molly's remarkable escape from Moore River Settlement is chronicled. Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (Audio CD / Audio, Unabridged edition)īy Pilkington, Doris Read by Maza, Rachael Producer Audio, Abc In recognition of her contributions to Australian art and culture through her writing, Doris Pilkington Garimara was named a Western Australian State Living Treasure on this day in 2004. ![]()
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