| ISBN |
9780702265976 (paperback) |
| Name |
Pilkington, Doris, 1937-2014 author. |
| Title |
Follow the rabbit-proof fence / Doris Pilkington / Nugi Garimara ; introduction by Tara June Winch. |
| Published |
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Description |
xix, 172 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
First published in 1996 by University of Queensland Press" --Title page verso. |
| Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| History |
Doris Pilkington's traditional name is Nugi Garimara. She was born in 1937 on Balfour Downs Station in the East Pilbara, homeland of her Mardu ancestors. https://www.uqp.com.au/authors/doris-garimara-pilkington |
| Subjects |
Kelly, Molly, -- approximately 1917-2004 |
| Cross, Gracie |
| Kadibil, Daisy |
| Jigalong Mission |
| Aboriginal Australians |
| Stolen generations (Australia) |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Children, Aboriginal Australian |
| History - Biographies - Indigenous |
| Law enforcement - Police - Native police |
| Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations |
| Moore River Region (W.A.) |
| Jigalong Region (W.A.) |
| Moore River (SW WA SH50-14) |
| Jigalong (WA East Pilbara SF51-13) |
| Other Names |
Winch, Tara June writer of introduction. |
| Series |
First Nations classics |
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