Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the repressive life of Moore River Native Settlement,…
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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the repressive life of Moore River Native Settlement, following along the rabbit-proof fence back to their homelands. Settlement life was unbearable with its chains and padlocks, barred windows, hard cold beds, and horrible food. Assimilationist policy dictated that these girls be taken from their kin and their homes in order to be made white.
The girls were not even allowed to speak their language. Solitary confinement was doled out as regular punishment. Of all the journeys made since white people set foot on Australian soil, the journey made by these girls born of Aboriginal mothers and white fathers speaks something to