Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Published on 30. May 2023
193 pages
978-0-7022-6785-7 (ISBN)
Description
A Stolen Generations story of astounding courage: three Aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers, escape barefoot back to their beloved homeland in East Pilbara. This is the true account of Nugi Garimara' s mother, Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1600-kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Aged eight, eleven and fourteen, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls followed the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it would lead them home. Their journey - longer than many of the celebrated treks of recognised explorers - reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine.
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Content
- Cover
- Author Biography
- Title Page
- Imprint Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction by Tara June Winch
- Map
- Introduction by Nugi Garimara
- Chapter 1: The First Military Post
- Chapter 2: The Swan River Colony
- Chapter 3: The Decline of Aboriginal Society
- Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Came
- Chapter 5: Jigalong, 1907-1931
- Chapter 6: The Journey South
- Chapter 7: The Moore River Native Settlement, 1931
- Chapter 8: The Escape
- Chapter 9: What Happened to Them? Where Are They Now?
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Introduction
- 1
- The First Military Post
- 2
- The Swan River Colony
- 3
- The Decline of Aboriginal Society
- 4
- From the Deserts They Came
- 5
- Jigalong, 1907-1931
- 6
- The Journey South
- 7
- The Moore River Native Settlement, 1931
- 8
- The Escape
- 9
- What Happened to Them? Where are They Now?
- Glossary of Mardujara* words
- References
- Introduction
- 1
- The First Military Post
- 2
- The Swan River Colony
- 3
- The Decline of Aboriginal Society
- 4
- From the Deserts They Came
- 5
- Jigalong, 1907-1931
- 6
- The Journey South
- 7
- The Moore River Native Settlement, 1931
- 8
- The Escape
- 9
- What Happened to Them? Where are They Now?
- Glossary of Mardujara* words
- References
