Bibliograph

Follow the rabbit-proof fence, Nugi Garimara, Doris Pilkington ; introduction by Tara June Winch

Type

Label

Follow the rabbit-proof fence, Nugi Garimara, Doris Pilkington ; introduction by Tara June Winch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Follow the rabbit-proof fence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Nugi Garimara, Doris Pilkington ; introduction by Tara June Winch

Series statement

First Nations classics

Summary

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 walks of recognised explorers -- reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine

Target audience

adult

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