Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (First Nations Classics) - Softcover

Pilkington Garimara, Doris

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9780702265976: Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (First Nations Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0702265977 ISBN 13: 9780702265976
Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 2024

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Nugi Garimara AM (1937– 2014) is Doris Pilkington’ s Aboriginal name. She was born on Balfour Downs Station in the East Pilbara. As a toddler she was removed by authorities from her home, along with her mother Molly Craig and baby sister Anna, and committed to Moore River Native Settlement. This was the same institution Molly had escaped from ten years previously, the account of which is told in Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence. Nugi Garimara AM (1937– 2014) is Doris Pilkington’ s Aboriginal name. She was born on Balfour Downs Station in the East Pilbara. As a toddler she was removed by authorities from her home, along with her mother Molly Craig and baby sister Anna, and committed to Moore River Native Settlement. This was the same institution Molly had escaped from ten years previously, the account of which is told in Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence.

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Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0702265977
ISBN 13 
9780702265976
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
192
Rating
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