Under Western Australia's removal policy of the 1930s, the girls were taken from their Aboriginal families and transported halfway across the state. The film 'Rabbit-Proof Fence' is based on a 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. Tracked by Native Police and search planes, they hid in terror, surviving on bush tucker, desperate to return to the world they knew. Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence Paperback 19 September 2002 by Doris (Nugi Garimara) Pilkington (Author) 1,263 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.46 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 15.37 1 Used from 12.93 6 New from 15.37 Audio CD 29.39 8 New from 17. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, they set out to find the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it passed near their home in the north. Noyce) film based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. The three girls – aged 8, 11 and 14 – managed to escape from the settlement's repressive conditions and brutal treatment. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more. Here Aboriginal children were instructed in the ways of white society and forbidden to speak their native tongue. 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. Under Western Australia's invidious removal policy of the 1930s, the girls were taken from their Aboriginal 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. 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.

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